Psalm 73:20 (WEB)
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Fathers and councils · 7
Eusebius of Caesarea
“And that which was announced beforehand in these words,—‘O Lord, in thy city thou shalt set at naught their image,’—has been shown to be true to the eyes of all.” — editor's note: Ibid. lxxiii. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Like as the dream of one rising up” (ver. 20).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Be ye Jerusalem; remember of whom it is said, “Lord, in Thy city their image Thou shalt bring to nought.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 20.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore they incur what is written in another psalm: “Thou, O Lord, in Thy city wilt despise their image.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 20.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And the avenging Spirit protests against them in these words, ‘Lord, in Thy city Thou wilt despise their image.’” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 20.
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Jerome
“One man is of so many minds that the prophet’s prayer is: “Lord, in thy city scatter their image.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 20, Vulg.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…I know well, sure to be fulfilled: so that the rebellious should not exalt themselves, and that those who grasp at a shadow, or at a dream when one awaketh, or at the dispersing breezes, or at the traces of a ship in the water, should not think that they have anything.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 20.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.