Catholic Public Domain Version
"As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city. "
— Psalms 72:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. ”
“ The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. ”
“This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III A Psalm by Asaph.”
“This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.”
“As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.”
“ The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. ”
“The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. ”
until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.