Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
Psalm 55:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him. 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: |
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
For I said, *Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.*
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'