King James Version
Psalms 73:20 in the King James Version says “As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.”
Psalms 73:20 · KJV
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. ignorant: Heb. I knew not before Heb. with
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“their image”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
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