Psalms 55:12

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.

Majority Standard Bible

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

11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

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Cross References

Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Matthew 26:21And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

John 18:2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there 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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