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Psalm 55:12–13

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12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did nmagnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

13But it was thou, †a man mine equal,

My oguide, and mine pacquaintance.

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Footnotes

  1. nSee Job 19:5.
  2. †Heb. a man according to my rank. Ex. 40:23 (Heb.). Judg. 17:10 marg. See Lev. 27:2.
  3. oProv. 2:17. Jer. 3:4. Mic. 7:5. See Ps. 41:9.
  4. pSee Job 19:14.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

But it is you, a man, my equal,

my companion, my familiar friend.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

But it is you, a man like myself,

my companion, my close friend,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—

otherwise I could bear it;

it is not a foe who rises up against me—

otherwise I could hide from him.

But it is you, a man who is my peer,

my companion and good friend!

NLTNew Living Translation

It is not an enemy who taunts me—

I could bear that.

It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—

I could have hidden from them.

Instead, it is you—my equal,

my companion and close friend.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is not an enemy that taunts me,

or I could bear it.

It is not one who hates me that magnifies himself over me,

or I could hide myself from him.

But it is you, a man my equal,

my friend and confidant.