KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 73:20–22
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Psalms 73:20
20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
20As a dreame when one awaketh; so, O LORD, when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 73:21
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
21Thus my heart was greeued, and I was pricked in my reines.
Psalms 73:22
22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
22††So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Heb. I knew not.
- Heb. with thee.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 73:20
A succession of images or thoughts during sleep; to experience such a vision in sleep.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
To regard with contempt, reject, or esteem lightly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A likeness, representation, or visible form; often an idol when made or used as an object of worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Psalms 73:21
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Pained; afflicted; suffering sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pierced with a sharp point; spurred; goaded; stung with pain; rendered acid or pungent; marked; designated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The kidneys; figuratively, the innermost thoughts, affections, or feelings.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 73:22
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting without proper regard for truth or what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lacking knowledge, information, instruction, or acquaintance concerning the person or matter named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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Open the full verse study65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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Open the full verse study7¶ 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.
8It 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.
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Open the full verse study6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Open the full verse study6Arise, 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.
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Open the full verse study5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Open the full verse study13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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Open the full verse study3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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Open the full verse study1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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Open the full verse study6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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Open the full verse study3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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Open the full verse study10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Open the full verse study2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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Open the full verse study9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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Open the full verse study3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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Open the full verse study5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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