Psalms 73:20
Like a dream, when one wakes, shall they be, whose phantoms the waker despises.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
In Context
19One moment and then what a horror of ruin! They are finished and ended in terrors.
21So my bitterness of mind and the pain that stabbed my heart
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior flushed with wine;
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 →