Psalms 73:20

As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

In Context

19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

21For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:

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Cross References

Psalms 7:6Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

Psalms 78:65And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.

Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21

The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →

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