Psalm 73:20
Verse 20 of 28. The 73rd of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
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.
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:20 in the World English Bible
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.Read Psalm 73:20 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 73:20
Their prosperity is therefore not to be envied at all, but despised rather, quod erat demonstrandum—which was the point to be established, v. 20. As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord! when thou awakest, or when they awake (as some read it), thou shalt despise their image, their shadow, and make it to vanish.
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 73:15–20: The End of the Wicked.
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