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Psalm 73:18-20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 73 · verses 18–20
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.Psalm 73:18-20 · King James Version
Psalm 73:18-20 in context
16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desolationshammâhruinH8047 →
- consumedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- utterlyçûwphto snatch awayH5486 →
- awakethqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- awakestʻûwrto wakeH5782 →
- despisebâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- placeschelqâhproperly, smoothnessH2513 →
- momentregaʻa winkH7281 →
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We have seen what a strong temptation the psalmist was in to envy prospering profaneness; now here we are told how he kept his footing and got the victory. I. He kept up a respect for God's people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss, Psa 73:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20