Psalms 55:13
But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.
But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.
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12Indeed, 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, or else I could hide from him.
14We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
9Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
10As for you, O LORD, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”
11By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!
19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?
3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.
26For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.
3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.
6Then someone will ask him,‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer,‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.
8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!
13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.
7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,
13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
14Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.
11Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?
21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,
16But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.
13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
13“But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:
20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:
4Even now you say to me,‘You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?