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

12 Surely mine [a]enemy did not defame me, for I could have borne it: neither did mine adversary exalt himself against me: for I would have hid me from him.

13 But it was thou, O man, even my [b]companion, my guide, and my familiar:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:12 If mine open enemy had sought mine hurt, I could the better have avoided him.
  2. Psalm 55:13 Which was not only joined to me in friendship and counsel in worldly matters, but also in religion.

11 Destructive forces(A) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(B) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(C)

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