23. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? God does not sleep, but the psalmist puts it so, as if on no other
theory could he explain the divine inaction. He would like to see the great
Judge ending oppression and giving peace to the holy; therefore he cries, Awake.
He cannot understand why the reign of tyranny and the oppression of virtue are
permitted, and therefore he inquires, why sleepest thou? Arise. One move
of thine will save us. Cast us not off forever. Long enough hast thou
deserted us; the terrible effects of thine absence are destroying us; end our
calamities, and let thine anger be appeased. In persecuting times people are
apt to cry, “Where is the God of Israel?”
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