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A Metaphor for Urgent Prayer
Commentators explain that when David asks God to "stir up" and "awake," he is using a powerful human metaphor. It doesn't mean God is literally sleeping, but from a human perspective of deep distress, God can seem distant or inactive. This is an emotional and urgent plea for God to intervene immediately and bring about justice, a common form of prayer found in other Psalms.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 35:23
18th Century
Theologian
Stir up yourself - Arouse yourself as if from sleep. See Psalms 44:23.
And awake to my judgment - To execute judgment for me, o…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 35:23
19th Century
Bishop
Stir up thyself. — Compare to Psalms 7:6.
John Gill
On Psalms 35:23
17th Century
Pastor
Stir up thyself and awake Who seemed to be asleep in the apprehensions of the psalmist, and to take no notice of his distresse…
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Matthew Henry
On Psalms 35:17–28
17th Century
Minister
Though the people of God are, and strive to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David pra…