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Psalms 73:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 73:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:206 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ/חֲל֥וֹםkaḥălwōm
like a dreampronH2472
מֵ/הָקִ֑יץmēhāqiyṣ
from when awakespronH6974
wake · watch
אֲ֝דֹנָ/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
בָּ/עִ֤ירbāʿiyr
when wakenpronH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
צַלְמָ֬/םṣaləmām
image theirnounH6754
vain shew
תִּבְזֶֽהtibəzeh
you will despiseverbH959
disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 73:20

1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 73 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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