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Psalm 73:19-21
New English Translation
Psalm 73:19-21
New English Translation
19 How desolate they become in a mere moment.
Terrifying judgments make their demise complete.[a]
20 They are like a dream after one wakes up.[b]
O Lord, when you awake[c] you will despise them.[d]
21 Yes,[e] my spirit was bitter,[f]
and my insides felt sharp pain.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:19 tn Heb “they come to an end, they are finished, from terrors.”
- Psalm 73:20 tn Heb “like a dream from awakening.” They lack any real substance; their prosperity will last for only a brief time.
- Psalm 73:20 sn When you awake. The psalmist compares God’s inactivity to sleep and the time of God’s judgment to his awakening from sleep.
- Psalm 73:20 tn Heb “you will despise their form.” The Hebrew term צֶלֶם (tselem, “form; image”) also suggests their short-lived nature. Rather than having real substance, they are like the mere images that populate one’s dreams. Note the similar use of the term in Ps 39:6.
- Psalm 73:21 tn Or perhaps “when.”
- Psalm 73:21 tn The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing attitude in a past time frame.
- Psalm 73:21 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame.
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