Psalm 55:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It is not enemies who taunt me— I could bear that; it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me— I could hide from them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have born it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me–then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me–then I might hide from him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

It’s not an enemy that is insulting me— I could handle that. It’s not someone who hates me who is exalted over me— I could hide from them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:

Psalm 55:12 Cross References

Psalm 35:26

Let all those who rejoice at my calamity be put to shame and confusion; let those who exalt themselves against me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

Psalm 38:16

For I pray, “Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips.”

Psalm 41:9

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it? As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up, or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’