Psalms 55:12

My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

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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

11In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech. In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.

13For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

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Cross References

Psalms 41:9In the daylight, the Lord has ordered his mercy; and in the night, a canticle to him. With me is a prayer to the God of my life.

Matthew 26:21And while they were eating, he said: “Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.”

John 18:2But Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus had frequently met with his disciples there.

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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