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Psalm 73:18–20

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18Surely you place them on slippery ground;t

you cast them down to ruin.u

19How suddenlyv are they destroyed,

completely swept awayw by terrors!

20They are like a dreamx when one awakes;y

when you arise, Lord,

you will despise them as fantasies.z

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Cross references

  1. tSee Dt 32:35; Ps 35:6
  2. uSee Ps 17:13
  3. vDt 28:20; Pr 24:22; Isa 47:11
  4. wSee Ge 19:15
  5. xSee Job 20:8
  6. yPs 78:65; Isa 29:8
  7. zPr 12:11; 28:19

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Truly you set them in slippery places;

you make them fall to ruin.

How they are destroyed in a moment,

swept away utterly by terrors!

Like a dream when one awakes,

O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Indeed, you put them in slippery places;

you make them fall into ruin.

How suddenly they become a desolation!

They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

Like one waking from a dream,

Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.

NLTNew Living Translation

Truly, you put them on a slippery path

and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.

In an instant they are destroyed,

completely swept away by terrors.

When you arise, O Lord,

you will laugh at their silly ideas

as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely you set them on slippery places.

You cause them to fall onto ruin.

How they become a desolation in a moment!

They come to a complete end by terrors.

Like a dream upon awakening,

when you wake up, O Lord,

you will despise their fleeting form.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.