Psalms 73:20
As a dream when one wakes up,so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
New Heart English 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 they are suddenly destroyed!They are completely swept away with terrors.
21For my soul was grieved.I was embittered in my heart.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, Lord, in your anger.Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep,like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
Isaiah 29:7The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like 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 →