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Psalms 73:20

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Majority Standard Bible

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 suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

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Cross References

Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

Isaiah 29:7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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