18 Surely thou hast set them in slippery places, and castest them down into desolation.

19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and [a]horribly consumed,

20 As a dream when one awaketh! O Lord, when [b]thou raisest us up, thou shalt make their image despised.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:19 By thy fearful judgment.
  2. Psalm 73:20 When thou openest our eyes to consider thy heavenly felicity, we contemn all their vain pomp.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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