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Wake up!עוּרָהWhyלָמָּהdo you sleep,תִישַׁןAdonai?אֲדֹנָיRouse yourself!הָקִיצָהDo notאַלreject usתִּזְנַחforever.לָנֶצַח
Psalms 44:23
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:23, word by word
- Wake upעוּרָura
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “ura” appears- do you sleepתִישַׁןtishan
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “tishan” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- Rouse yourselfהָקִיצָhakitsa
awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “hakitsa” appears- reject usתִּזְנַחtiznach
reject
To cast someone away, no longer wanting him near.
Where else “tiznach” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears
Translation note
A human way of speaking: the people feel that Elohim does not act, as if he were asleep. Compare Psalm 121:4.
The context
22For for your sake we are killed all the day; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
23 · This verse (above)
24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?