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18 Surely You have set them in slippery places;
    You have brought them down to ruin.
19 How they come to desolation, as in a moment!
    They have come to an end, utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awakes,
    so, O Lord, when You awake,
    You will despise their form.

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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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