Psalms 55:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 55:12

10 Day and night they go around it on its walls;
^aIniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.

11 Destruction is in its midst;
^aOppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

12 ^aFor it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has ^bexalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.

13 But it was you, a man my equal,
^aMy companion and my acquaintance.

14 We took sweet counsel together,
And ^awalked to the house of God in the throng.

15 Let death seize them;
Let them ^ago down alive into hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

16 As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.

17 ^aEvening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.

18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For ^athere were many against me.

19 God will hear, and afflict them,
^aEven He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 55:12

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American Standard 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:

Amplified® Bible
For it is not an enemy who reproaches {and} taunts me--then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me--then I might hide from him.

Contemporary English Version
My enemies are not the ones who sneer and make fun. I could put up with that or even hide from them.

Darby English Version
For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me -- then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified [himself] against me -- then would I have hidden myself from him;

Good News Bible
If it were an enemy making fun of me, I could endure it; if it were an opponent boasting over me, I could hide myself from him.

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:

New American Standard Bible
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear {it;} Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.

New International Version
If an enemy were insulting me,
I could endure it;
if a foe were raising himself against me,
I could hide from him.

New King James Version
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For it didn't appear that an enemy reproached me, Then I could bear it; Nor did one who hates me exalt himself against me, Then I would hide myself from him.

Revised Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear `it', He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

New English Translation
Indeed,¹ it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me,² or else I could hide from him.

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