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Prosperity as a Fleeting Dream
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse compares the prosperity of the wicked to a dream. Just as a dream, which can feel vivid and real, vanishes without a trace upon waking, so too will the wealth, power, and status of the ungodly disappear. Their impressive 'image' is ultimately an illusion that God will despise when reality is revealed.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 73:20
18th Century
Theologian
As a dream when one awaketh - Their prosperity is like the visions of a dream; the reality is seen when one awakes. A man in a drea…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 73:20
19th Century
Bishop
As a dream. —Better,
As a man on waking (despises) his dream,
So, O Lord, on rousing yourself, you will
Despise…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 73:19–20
19th Century
Preacher
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when tho…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 73:20
16th Century
Theologian
As it were a dream after a man is awakened. This analogy is often found in the Sacred Writings. Thus, Isaiah (Isaiah 29:7), sp…
John Gill
On Psalms 73:20
17th Century
Pastor
As a dream when one awaketh
So will be all the temporal felicity of wicked men, all an illusion, all a dream; when th…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 73:15–20
17th Century
Minister
The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He maintained respect for God's people, and with tha…