I hope that all my enemies will be ashamed and embarrassed.\par Those people were happy when bad things happened to me.\par They thought they were better than me!\par So let those people be covered with shame and humiliation.\par
Psalm 55:12 - Easy To Read Version If it were an enemy insulting me,\par I could bear it.\par If it were my enemies attacking me,\par I could hide.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
I hope that all my enemies will be ashamed and embarrassed.\par Those people were happy when bad things happened to me.\par They thought they were better than me!\par So let those people be covered with shame and humiliation.\par
If I say anything,\par then my enemies will laugh at me.\par They will see I am sick\par and say that I am being punished\par for doing wrong.\par
My best friend ate with me.\par I trusted him.\par But now, even he has turned against me.\par
An axe is not better than the person that cuts with it. A saw is not better than the person that saws with it. \{But Assyria thinks he is more important and powerful than God.\} And this is like a stick being more powerful and important than the person that picks it up and uses it to punish someone.
“I am not talking about all of you. I know the people I have chosen. But what the Scripture {\cf2\super [208]} said must happen: ‘The man that shared my food has turned against me.’ {\cf2\super [209]}