Psalm 44:23
Verse 23 of 26. The 44th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Psalm 44:23 in the World English Bible
Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.Read Psalm 44:23 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 44:23
Their request is very importunate: Awake, arise, v. 23. Arise for our help; redeem us (v. 26); come speedily and powerfully to our relief, Ps. lxxx. 2. Stir up thy strength, and come and save us. They had complained (v. 12) that God had sold them; here they pray (v. 26) that God would redeem them; for there is no appealing from God, but by appealing to him.
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 44:17–26: Israel's Appeal to God.
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