# Psalms 73.20
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 18. Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19. How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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> **20. As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.**
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> 21. For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: 22. So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee. (Psalms 73:18-22, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.
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> **20. As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.**
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> 21. For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. 22. I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. (Psalms 73:18-22, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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> **20. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.**
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> 21. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. ignorant: Heb. I knew not before Heb. with (Psalms 73:18-22, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 18. Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. 19. How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended, consumed from terrors.
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> **20. As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.**
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> 21. For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, 22. And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. (Psalms 73:18-22, YLT)
## Setting
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## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._
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## Quoted in
**Lexicon:**
- [H6754 - tselem](/codex/h6754-tselem/)
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## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.