Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

New American Standard Bible

Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not reject us forever.

King James Version

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Holman Bible

Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!

International Standard Version

Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever!

A Conservative Version

Awake, why do thou sleep, O LORD? Arise, cast not off forever.

American Standard Version

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.

Amplified


Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Bible in Basic English

Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

Darby Translation

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

Awake, why wilt thou sleep, O Jehovah? awake, thou wilt not reject forever.

King James 2000

Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject forever.

Modern King James verseion

Awaken! Why do You sleep, O Jehovah? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Arise, LORD! Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us forever.

New Heart English Bible

Wake up. Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise. Do not reject us forever.

The Emphasized Bible

Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!

Webster

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

World English Bible

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

22 Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block. 23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever! 24 Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?


Cross References

Psalm 7:6

Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

Psalm 78:65

But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.

Psalm 35:23

Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause!

Psalm 12:5

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Psalm 44:9

But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

Psalm 59:4-5

Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!

Psalm 74:1

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 77:7

I asked, "Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

Psalm 88:14

O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

Isaiah 51:9

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?

Mark 4:38

But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?"

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