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Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don`t forget the helpless.
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A Prayer to Stir Your Faith
When the psalmist cries, "Arise, O Lord," he is not just trying to stir God into action. Commentator John Calvin explains that this prayer is also a way for the believer to awaken their own heart. It's a tool to fight the temptation to think God is idle or uncaring, and to actively stir up one's own hope and trust in God's unseen providence, especially when evil seems to be winning.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Arise, O Lord – See the note at Psalms 3:7. This commences the second part of the psalm, in which the author calls on God to remember thos…
19th Century
Anglican
Here the acrostic arrangement is resumed with koph.
16th Century
Protestant
Arise, O Jehovah. It is a common affliction for people to imagine, according to fleshly judgment, that when God does not execute His judgm…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Arise, O Lord See (Psalms 3:7) (7:6) (9:19) ;
O God, lift up your hand …
The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. God prepares the heart for pray…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he describes the progress of the wicked.
First, he describes the cause of their wickedness. Second, he describes their wicked…
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