Psalms 44:23
“Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.”
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.”
“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.”
“Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.”
“Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.”
“Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:”