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Psalm 55:20

New International Reader's Version

My companion attacks his friends. He breaks his promise.

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But the man replied, “I wouldn’t do anything to hurt the king’s son. I wouldn’t do it even for 25 pounds of silver. We heard the king’s command to you and Abishai and Ittai. He said, ‘Be careful not to hurt the young man Absalom. Do it for me.’

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron. There they anointed David to be king over the people of Judah. David was told that the men from Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul’s body.

All the elders of Israel came to see King David at Hebron. There the king made a covenant with them in front of the Lord. They anointed David as king over Israel.

The people of Samaria are still stubborn. They continue in their old practices to this day. And now they don’t even worship the Lord. They don’t follow his directions and rules. They don’t obey his laws and commands. The Lord had given all these laws to the family of Jacob. He gave the name Israel to Jacob.

They pay me back with evil for the good things I do. They pay back my love with hatred.

All my enemies will be covered with shame and trouble. They will turn back in shame. It will happen suddenly.

Or I have done evil to my friend. Or I have robbed my enemy without any reason.

I will continue to love him forever. I will never break my covenant with him.

I will not break my covenant. I will not go back on my word.

But you have turned your back on your anointed king. You have been very angry with him.

Lord, you began to rule a long time ago. You have always existed.

I’m telling you to obey the king’s command. You promised to serve him. You made a promise to God.

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

About this time, King Herod arrested some people who belonged to the church. He planned to make them suffer greatly.

Then the king gave an order to the guards at his side. He said, “Go and kill the priests of the Lord. They are on David’s side too. They knew he was running away from me. And they didn’t even tell me.” But the king’s officials wouldn’t raise a hand to strike down the priests of the Lord.

This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord handed you over to me in the cave. Some of my men begged me to kill you. But I didn’t. I said, ‘I will never lay my hand on my master. He is the Lord’s anointed king.’




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