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Psalms 44:23

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 44:24.

ע֤וּרָהurahwakeעוּרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “wake”, a commandH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).לָ֖מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תִישַׁ֥ןtishanoldיָשֵׁןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “old”, an unfinished actionH3462properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterateold (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.אֲדֹנָ֑יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.הָ֝קִ֗יצָהhaqitsahariseקוּץverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “arise”, a commandH6974to awake (literally or figuratively)arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּזְנַ֥חtiznachcast awayזָנַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cast away”, a wish or indirect commandH2186reject, forsake, failcast away (off), remove far away (off).לָנֶֽצַחlanetsachto alwayנֶצַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

World English Bible

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

Darby Translation

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast us off for ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξεγέρθητι, ἱνατί ὑπνοῖς Κύριε; ἀνάστηθι, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ εἰς τέλος.