Psalms 73:20
As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
Young's Literal Translation
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 have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended — consumed from terrors.
21For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:
Psalms 78:65And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
Isaiah 29:7And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.
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 →