12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
    then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (A)deals insolently with me—
    then I could hide from him.
13 (B)But it is you, a man, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
    within God's house we walked in (C)the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (D)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

16 But I call to God,
    and the Lord will save me.
17 (E)Evening and (F)morning and at (G)noon
    I (H)utter my complaint and moan,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
    from the battle that I wage,
    for (I)many are arrayed against me.

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