Mazmur 35:14

35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ¹ 

I bowed down ²  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ³ 

Mazmur 41:9

41:9 Even my close friend ⁴  whom I trusted,

he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. ⁵ 

[35:14]  ¹ tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”

[35:14]  ² sn I bowed down. Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6.

[35:14]  ³ tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”

[41:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7).

[41:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “has made a heel great against me.” The precise meaning of this phrase, which appears only here, is uncertain.

[41:9]  sn The language of this verse is applied to Judas Iscariot in John 13:18.