^23 (A)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! ^(B)Do not reject us forever!

¹⁴ For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out ^(D)like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.

^9 (A)Awake, awake, ^(B)put on strength,
    O ^(C)arm of the Lord;
awake, ^(D)as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut ^(E)Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced ^(F)the dragon?

^6 (A)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    ^(B)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    ^(C)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.