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Psalms 73:20
20Like a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form.
Psalms 73:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
- New International Version (NIV)They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
Context of Psalms 73:20
18Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction. 19How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors. Like a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form. 21When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart, 22I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:20 word by word
כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:20
- Psalms 90:5You sweep them away in their sleep. In the morning they are like sprouting grass—
- Job 20:8Like a dream, he flies away and they cannot find him; like a vision of the night, he is chased away.
- Isaiah 29:7It will be like a dream, a night vision: the multitude of all the nations warring against Ariel, yes, all warring against her, the ramparts around her and her besiegers.
- Psalms 7:6then let the enemy chase me, overtake me, and trample me into the ground, leaving my honor in the dirt! Selah
- Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior shaking off wine.
- Psalms 39:6Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah
Commentaries on Psalms 73:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20As a dream when one awaketh - So their goods fled away. Their possession was a dream - their privation, real. Thou shalt despise their image - While destitute of true religion, whatever appearance they had of greatness, nobility, honor, and happiness; yet in the sight of God they had no more than the ghost or shade of excellence which God is said here to despise. Who would be rich at such risk and dishonor?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20As a dream when one awaketh - Their prosperity is like the visions of a dream; the reality is seen when one awakes. A man in a dream may imagine that he is a king; that he dwells in a palace; that he is surrounded by flatterers and courtiers; that he walks in pleasant groves, listens to the sounds of sweet music, sits down at a table loaded with the luxuries of all climes, and lies upon a bed of down. He may awake only to find that he is encompassed with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss. It is a sign that we repent of the evil thoughts of the heart, if we suppress them. Nothing gives more offence to God's children, than to say it is vain to serve God; for there is nothing more contrary to their universal experience. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20During this period, God's sanctuary was the temple in Jerusalem. In God's presence, the psalmist receives special insight (compare Psalm 18:6). God deals with the wicked over the long term. He waits patiently and gives them time to repent (Ezekiel 33:11; 2 Peter 3:9). Those who do not repent will get what they deserve.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2018-20. their end--future (Psa 37:37, 38), which is dismal and terribly sudden (Pr 1:27; 29:1), aggravated and hastened by terror. As one despises an unsubstantial dream, so God, waking up to judgment (Psa 7:6; 44:23), despises their vain shadow of happiness (Psa 39:6; Is 29:7). They are thrown into ruins as a building falling to pieces (Psa 74:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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