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Psalms 73:20

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Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

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The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).

Strong's Concordancev. 20

חֲלוֹם (chălôwm, H2472) — a dream קוּץ (qûwts, H6974) — to awake (literally or figuratively) אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) עוּר (ʻûwr, H5782) — to wake (literally or figuratively) בָּזָה (bâzâh, H959) — to disesteem צֶלֶם (tselem, H6754) — a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure,…

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