Mazmur 73:20

73:20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. ¹ 

O Lord, when you awake ²  you will despise them. ³ 

Mazmur 86:8

86:8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord!

Your exploits are incomparable! ⁴ 

Mazmur 86:12

86:12 O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!

I will honor your name continually! ⁵ 

[73:20]  ¹ tn Heb “like a dream from awakening.” They lack any real substance; their prosperity will last for only a brief time.

[73:20]  ² sn When you awake. The psalmist compares God’s inactivity to sleep and the time of God’s judgment to his awakening from sleep.

[73:20]  ³ tn Heb “you will despise their form.” The Hebrew term צֶלֶם (tselem, “form; image”) also suggests their short-lived nature. Rather than having real substance, they are like the mere images that populate one’s dreams. Note the similar use of the term in Ps 39:6.

[86:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there are none like your acts.”

[86:12]  ⁵ tn Or “forever.”