Psalms 73:20

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 73

“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.”Psalms 73:20

What Does Psalms 73:20 Mean?

Psalms 73:20 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 73, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (12)

These passages are connected to Psalms 73:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Job 20:8“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.”Psalms 90:5“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”Psalms 78:65“Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.”Daniel 3:17“If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.”Luke 15:17“And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!”Psalms 53:5“There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.”Isaiah 29:7“And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.”Isaiah 29:8“It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.”Genesis 41:53“And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.”Psalms 7:6“Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.”Psalms 39:6“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”1 Corinthians 7:31“And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.”

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