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.

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  • John 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.’

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  • Matthew 26:21–23

    And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • John 18:2–3

    Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

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  • Isaiah 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!

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  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

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