Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!
New American Standard Bible
Awake,
King James Version
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Holman Bible
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 44:23
Verse Info
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?
Names
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?"