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23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
    Awake, do not cast us off forever!(A)

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23 Awake,(A) Lord! Why do you sleep?(B)
    Rouse yourself!(C) Do not reject us forever.(D)

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65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    like a warrior shouting because of wine.(A)

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65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(A)
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.

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Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
    lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)

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  1. 7.6 Or awake for me

Arise,(A) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.(B)
    Awake,(C) my God; decree justice.

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Psalm 74

Plea for Help in Time of National Humiliation

A Maskil of Asaph.

O God, why do you cast us off forever?
    Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?(A)

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Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

23 Wake up! Rouse yourself for my defense,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!(A)

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23 Awake,(A) and rise(B) to my defense!
    Contend(C) for me, my God and Lord.

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38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

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38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

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Awake, awake, put on strength,
    O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago!
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced the dragon?(A)

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Awake, awake,(A) arm(B) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!(C)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.(D)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(E) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster(F) through?

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14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
    Why do you hide your face from me?(A)

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14 Why, Lord, do you reject(A) me
    and hide your face(B) from me?

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“Will the Lord spurn forever
    and never again be favorable?(A)

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“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?

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    for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.

Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!(A)
    You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Awake to punish all the nations;
    spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah(B)

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I have done no wrong,(A) yet they are ready to attack me.(B)
    Arise to help me; look on my plight!(C)
You, Lord God Almighty,
    you who are the God of Israel,(D)
rouse yourself(E) to punish all the nations;(F)
    show no mercy to wicked traitors.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 13.

Yet you have rejected us and shamed us
    and have not gone out with our armies.(A)

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But now you have rejected(A) and humbled us;(B)
    you no longer go out with our armies.(C)

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“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
    I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
    “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)

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“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”

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