Psalm 55:12 KJV

Psalms · chapter 55 · verse 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:Psalm 55:12 · King James Version

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Psalm 55:12 in context

10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

12For 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:

13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

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Commentary

David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith's end, yet to his wits' end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here, I. The character he gives of the enemies he feared.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15

Cross references

Psalms 41:9

Key words (Strong's)

reproachedchâraphto pull offH2778 →
magnifygâdalto be largeH1431 →
enemyʼôyêbhatingH341 →
bornenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
hatedsânêʼto hateH8130 →

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