Psalms 55:12

I have hoped in God; 1 I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 will I praise his word; 1 In the Lord will I praise his saying. 1

13The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 41:9By day the Lord will command his mercy, 1 And manifest it by night: 1 With me is prayer to the God of my life. 1

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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