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,^(A)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship^(B)
    at the house of God,^(C)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

²⁰ My companion attacks his friends;^(A)
    he violates his covenant.^(B)
21 His talk is smooth as butter,^(C)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,^(D)
    yet they are drawn swords.^(E)