Psalms 73:20
Look upon thy covenant: 1 For the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
In Context
21Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: 1 The poor and needy shall praise thy name. 1
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; 1 And let him trample my life on the ground, 1 And lay my glory in the dust. Pause. 1
Isaiah 29:7And the wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by 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 →