Psalm 73:20
—How can this verse talk about God awakening when
Psalm 121:3
states that God never sleeps?

Expanded from Ps. 44:23
.:
Psalm 44:23
—Does God sleep?
Problem:
According to
Psalm 121:4
, God shall “neither slumber nor sleep.” Yet, in this verse the psalmist calls on God, “Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?”
Solution:
The psalmist uses “sleep” as a figure of speech referring to the fact that God had deferred judgment, showing at that moment no signs of activity (cf.
Ps. 44:9–10
).