35:23 Rouse yourself, wake up 1 and vindicate me! 2
My God and Lord, defend my just cause! 3
44:23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Wake up! 4 Do not reject us forever!
1 sn Though he is confident that the Lord is aware of his situation (see v. 22a), the psalmist compares the Lord’s inactivity to sleep and urges him to wake up.
2 tn Heb “for my justice.”
3 tn Heb “for my cause.”
4 sn Wake up! See Ps 35:23.