Mazmur 55:11-13

55:11 Disaster is within it;

violence ¹  and deceit do not depart from its public square.

55:12 Indeed, ²  it is not an enemy who insults me,

or else I could bear it;

it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, ³ 

or else I could hide from him.

55:13 But it is you, ⁴  a man like me, ⁵ 

my close friend in whom I confided. ⁶ 

[55:11]  ¹ tn Or “injury, harm.”

[55:12]  ² tn Or “for.”

[55:12]  ³ tn Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.

[55:13]  ⁴ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”