Psalm 44:23

Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; awake, why dost thou sleep?

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But then the Lord arose, as one that doth from sleep awake; And like a giant that, by wine refresh'd, a shout doth make:

Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, for my foes raging be; And, to the judgment which thou hast commanded, wake for me.

O God, why hast thou cast us off? is it for evermore? Against thy pasture-sheep why doth thine anger smoke so sore?

Stir up thyself; wake, that thou may'st judgment to me afford, Ev'n to my cause, O thou that art my only God and Lord.

Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul, and hid'st thy face from me?

For ever will the Lord cast off, and gracious be no more?

But now we are cast off by thee, and us thou putt'st to shame; And when our armies do go forth, thou go'st not with the same.

For poor oppress'd, and for the sighs of needy, rise will I, Saith God, and him in safety set from such as him defy.