Psalms 55:12
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- KJV
- For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
- WEB
- For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
- ASV
- For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
- DARBY
- For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified [himself] against me then would I have hidden myself from him;
- BLB
- For [it is] not an enemy [who] scorns me, or I could bear it; and not one hating me [who] wielded power against me, or I could hide myself from him.
- ÅB
- For ikke er det en fiende som håner meg, ellers ville jeg bære det; ikke er det min avindsmann som opphøyer seg over meg, ellers ville jeg skjule meg for ham;
- OTB
- For det er ikke en fiende som håner meg, da kunne jeg bære det;
Det er heller ikke en som forakter meg som har reist seg mot meg,
Da kunne jeg skjule meg for ham. - B1930
- For ikke er det en fiende som håner mig, ellers vilde jeg bære det; ikke er det min avindsmann som ophøier sig over mig, ellers vilde jeg skjule mig for ham;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Read in contextJohn 13:18
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Read in contextMatthew 26:21–23
And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
Read in contextPsalms 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Read in contextJohn 18:2–3
Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Read in contextPsalms 38:16
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
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