An Israelite would be sure that 'he that keepeth Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps' ( Psalm 121:4). Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? The psalmist does not really believe that Jehovah 'sleeps.' The heathen might so imagine of their gods ( 1 Kings 18:27), but not an Israelite. The appeal, therefore, is made briefly, but in the most moving terms. Surely, if they call upon him, and plead their cause before him, he will relent, and come to their aid. And they have given him no reason for his desertion of them (vers. Now he has acted otherwise - he has allowed their enemies to triumph (vers. God has always hitherto maintained the cause of his people, and given them victory over their enemies, unless they had fallen away from him (vers.

The appeal to God is now made, after the case has been fully represented.

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