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Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
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Crying Out to a Seemingly Silent God
Commentators explain that when David cries "Arise" and "Awake," he isn't suggesting God is literally sleeping. This is powerful, human language used to express desperation and to plead for God to act in a situation where He seems silent or distant. It models for us that it's okay to be raw and honest with God in our prayers, calling on Him to intervene visibly.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Arise, O Lord, in your anger — That is, to punish him who in this way unjustly persecutes me. See the notes at ([Reference Psalms 3…
19th Century
Anglican
In the rapid succession of abrupt exclamations of feeling, we see the excitement of the poet’s mind.
Of the rage. —Better, …
16th Century
Protestant
Arise, O Jehovah David here sets the anger of God in opposition to the rage of his enemies; and when we are in similar circumstances, we s…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Arise, O Lord, in your anger This and the following phrase do not suppose local motion in God, to whom it cannot bel…
David flees to God for aid.
But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest His uprightness in all things. All His works were performed in r…
13th Century
Catholic
1. The earlier psalms were written for liberation from enemies, but this is a psalm in which he prays for vindication from them. Thus, the t…
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