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18 Surely you set them in slippery places.
    You throw them down to destruction.
19 How they are suddenly destroyed!
    They are completely swept away with terrors.
20 As a dream when one wakes up,
    so, Lord,[a] when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

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Footnotes

  1. 73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

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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