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Psalms 55:12

King James Version (KJV)

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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:

Psalms 55:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 55:12

Theological / Devotional

An enemy. The psalmist passes from the general mass of conspirators to one individual.

Reproached. Or, “taunted.”

Borne it. It is not difficult to stand up under the slander of an avowed enemy; it is the calumny of one who was once our bosom friend that is hard to bear, and often overwhelming.

Hid myself. Instead of opening my heart to him.

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