Psalm 55:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² It is not an enemy who reproaches me – That I could bear; Nor one who hates me who is making himself great against me – Then I could hide from him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

Psalm 55:12 Cross References

Psalm 35:26

Let those who are rejoicing at my evil Be ashamed and abashed altogether; Let those who are exalting themselves over me Be clad in shame and humiliation.

Psalm 38:16

For I said, “Otherwise they would rejoice over me, When my foot slips they would exalt themselves over me.”

Psalm 41:9

Even my own friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Isaiah 10:15

Would the axe boast itself over him who chops with it, or the saw exalt itself over him who saws with it? As a rod waving those who lift it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

John 13:18

“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but that the Scripture might be filled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’