19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.(A)
20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.(B)

21 When I became embittered
and my innermost being[a] was wounded,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:21 Lit my kidneys

19 How suddenly(A) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(B) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(C) when one awakes;(D)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(E)

21 When my heart was grieved
    and my spirit embittered,

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19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

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