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20As a dream when one awaketh{H8687)}; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise{H8799)} their image.

Psalms 73:20

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

  • Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

  • And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. …

  • Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

  • Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-20)

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, Ps. 73:15. He got the victory by degrees, and this was the first point he gained; he was ready to say, Verily, I have cleanse…

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