Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form. King James Bible As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Darby Bible Translation As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. World English Bible As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. Young's Literal Translation As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest. Psalm 73:20 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleAs a dream when one awaketh - Their prosperity is like the visions of a dream; the reality is seen when one awakes. A man in a dream may imagine that he is a king; that he dwells in a palace; that he is surrounded by flatterers and courtiers; that he walks in pleasant groves, listens to the sounds of sweet music, sits down at a table loaded with the luxuries of all climes, and lies upon a bed of down. He may awake only to find that he is encompassed with poverty, or that he is on a bed of languishing, or that he is the miserable tenant of a hovel or a dungeon. The reality is when he awakes. So it is in regard to our present condition on earth. The reality is seen when the dream - the gorgeous dream - of life is over. So, O Lord, when thou awakest - The Hebrew expression here - בעיר bā‛ı̂yr - occurs in more than fifty other places in the Scriptures, and is in all these places translated "in the city." This interpretation, however, would be quite unmeaning here, and the probability is that the expression is a form of the verb עור ‛ûr, "to awake, to arouse;" and the idea is not, as in our version, that of "God's" awaking as if he had been asleep, but it refers to the dreamer when he shall awake. It is, literally, in the awaking; that is, when the dream is over. Thou shalt despise their image - The image that floated before their imaginations in the dream of life. Thou wilt pay no attention to it; there is no reality in it; it will at once vanish. In the future world, God will pay no regard to the dreams of human life, to the outward show, to the appearance; but the affairs of eternity will be regulated by what is real - by that which constitutes the character of the man. By that, and not by the vain dreams of the world, will the destiny of people be determined. We are to look at "that" in determining the question about the government of God, and not at what "appears" in the brief dream of life. Psalm 73:20 Parallel Commentaries Library "Let us Pray"Nevertheless, prayer is the best used means of drawing near to God. You will excuse me, then, if in considering my text this morning, I confine myself entirely to the subject of prayer. It is in prayer mainly, that we draw near to God, and certainly it can be said emphatically of prayer, it is good for every man who knoweth how to practice that heavenly art, in it to draw near unto God. To assist your memories, that the sermon may abide with you in after days, I shall divide my discourse this morning … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860 Of a Low Estimation of Self in the Sight of God Covenanting Adapted to the Moral Constitution of Man. Cæsarius of Arles. Cross References 1 Samuel 2:30 "Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, 'I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever'; but now the LORD declares, 'Far be it from Me-- for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed. Job 20:8 "He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. Psalm 78:65 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine. Isaiah 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night. Jump to Previous Arise Arising Aroused Awake Awakes Awakest Awaketh Awaking Despise Despisest Dream Ended Fantasies Form Image Mind Semblance Sleep Thyself Wakes WiltJump to Next Arise Arising Aroused Awake Awakes Awakest Awaketh Awaking Despise Despisest Dream Ended Fantasies Form Image Mind Semblance Sleep Thyself Wakes WiltLinks Psalm 73:20 NIVPsalm 73:20 NLT Psalm 73:20 ESV Psalm 73:20 NASB Psalm 73:20 KJV Psalm 73:20 Bible Apps Psalm 73:20 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:20 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:20 French Bible Psalm 73:20 German Bible Psalm 73:20 Commentaries Bible Hub |