Psalms 55:12

\55:11\Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

11\55:10\By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

13\55:12\For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

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Cross References

Psalms 35:26Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Psalms 41:9\41:8\They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

Matthew 26:21And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.

John 18:2And Judas, who was false to him, had knowledge of the place because Jesus went there frequently with his disciples.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:10-16

Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 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: 13 But it was thou, a man… Read the whole commentary →

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