Psalm 44:23
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →Cross References
Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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