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Psalms 73:20

Judgment

18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

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BSB
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
KJV
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
WEB
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
ASV
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
DARBY
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
BLB
As a dream from awakening, O Lord, in rousing Yourself, You shall despise their image.
ÅB
Slik som en akter for intet en drøm når en har våknet opp, slik akter du, Herre, deres skyggebilde for intet når du våkner opp.
OTB
Som en drøm når man våkner, Herre,
Når du reiser deg, vil du forakte deres skikkelse.
B1930
Likesom en akter for intet en drøm når en har våknet op, således akter du, Herre, deres skyggebillede for intet når du våkner op.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 20:8

    He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

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  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

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  • Psalms 90:5

    You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

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  • Psalms 39:6

    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

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  • Isaiah 29:7–8

    All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

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  • Psalms 7:6

    Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

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