Psalms 73:20

World English Bible (2000)

As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:8 : 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
  • Ps 78:65 : 65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
  • Ps 90:5 : 5 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
  • Isa 29:7-8 : 7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night. 8 It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
  • Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

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