Passage

Psalms 73.20

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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.

20. As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

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

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.

20. As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

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

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.

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

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

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.

20. As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

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)

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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.

H6754 - tselem, tselem, Strong's H6754
H0136 - adonai, adonai, Strong's H0136

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Lexicon:

H6754 - tselem

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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