Psalms 55:12-15

¹²This isn''t the neighborhood bully mocking me--I could take that. This isn''t a foreign devil spitting invective--I could tune that out.c

¹³It''s you! We grew up together! You! My best friend!

¹⁴Those long hours of leisure as we walked arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation.

¹⁵Haul my betrayers off alive to hell--let them experience the horror, let them feel every desolate detail of a damned life.d

Psalms 55 is a desperate lament from David, likely written during Absalom's rebellion or a similar betrayal by a trusted friend. The psalmist cries out for deliverance from enemies and, more painfully, from the treachery of a close companion. The chapter moves from raw anguish to a

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a: v.1 — 1 Peter 3:12, Psalms 86:6, Psalms 61:1, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 64:1, Psalms 54:1-2, Psalms 84:8, Psalms 143:7, Psalms 5:1
b: v.2 — Isaiah 38:14, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 77:3, Isaiah 59:11, Psalms 64:1, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 102:9-10, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 13:1-2
c: v.12 — Betrayed by a friend, not enemy: John 13:18, Luke 22:47; Psalms 41:9, John 13:18, Matthew 26:21-23, Psalms 35:26, John 18:2-3, Psalms 38:16, Isaiah 10:15
d: v.15 — Death of the impenitent traitor: Matthew 27:3, Acts 1:16; Psalms 59:13, Psalms 9:17, Acts 1:18-20, Psalms 109:6-20, Psalms 64:7, 2 Samuel 18:14, Acts 1:25, Matthew 26:24, Numbers 16:30-34, Matthew 27:5
e: v.17 — 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Ephesians 6:18, Psalms 141:2, Acts 3:1, Hebrews 5:7, Mark 1:35, Daniel 6:10, Acts 10:9, Psalms 119:147-148, Psalms 92:2
f: v.18 — Psalms 3:6-7, 2 Samuel 22:1, Matthew 26:53, 2 Chronicles 32:7-8, 1 John 4:4, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 27:1-3, Psalms 118:10-12, Acts 2:33-36, 2 Samuel 18:28
g: v.21 — Psalms 57:4, Proverbs 5:3-4, Proverbs 26:28, Psalms 28:3, Psalms 12:2, Luke 20:20-21, Psalms 64:3, Proverbs 26:24-26, Matthew 26:25, Psalms 62:4
h: v.22 — 1 Peter 5:7, Psalms 37:5, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 6:25, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 62:2, Matthew 11:28

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