Psalm 44:23

The Passion Translation

So wake up, Lord God! Why would you sleep when we’re in trouble? Are you forsaking us forever?

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

But the Lord says, “Now I will arise! I will defend the poor, those who were plundered, the oppressed, and the needy who groan for help. I will spring into action to rescue and protect them!”

Psalm 35:23

Now is the time to awake! Rise up, Lord! Vindicate me, my Lord and my God!

Psalm 44:9

But you have turned your back on us; you walked off and left us! You’ve rejected us, tossing us aside in humiliating shame. You don’t go before us anymore in our battles.

Psalm 7:6

Yahweh, arise in your anger against the anger of my enemies. Awaken your fury and stand up for me! Execute the judgment you have decreed against them.

Psalm 74:1

Are you really going to leave us, God? Would you turn your back on us, rejecting your people? We are yours, your very own. Will your anger smolder against us forever?

Psalm 77:7

Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God? Won’t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?

Psalm 78:65

Then all at once the Almighty awakened as though he had been asleep. Like a mighty man he arose, roaring into action!

Psalm 88:14

O Lord, why have you thrown my life away? Will you keep turning the other way every time I call out to you?

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, God, awake! Arm of Yahweh, put on your robe of strength! Awake and do the works of power as in ancient days, as in generations past! Wasn’t it you who smashed the sea monster to pieces, who pierced the dragon in generations long ago?

Mark 4:38

But Jesus was calmly sleeping in the stern, resting on a cushion.