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.
Psalm 44:23 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; awake, why dost thou sleep? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever! American Standard Version (1901) Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever. Common English Bible Wake up! Why are you sleeping, Lord? Get up! Don’t reject us forever! |
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.
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.
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.
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?
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: