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Psalm 73:20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 73 · verse 20
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.Psalm 73:20 · King James Version
Psalm 73:20 in context
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)
- awakethqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- awakestʻûwrto wakeH5782 →
- despisebâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- dreamchălôwma dreamH2472 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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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