Psalms 73:20
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
American Standard Version
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 become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
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 →