13 But it is you, a man [a]my equal,
My (A)companion and my [b](B)familiar friend;
14 We who had sweet [c]fellowship together
(C)Walked in the house of God in the throng.
15 Let [d]death come (D)deceitfully upon them;
Let them (E)go down alive to [e]Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:13 Lit according to my valuation
  2. Psalm 55:13 Or acquaintance
  3. Psalm 55:14 Lit counsel; or intimacy
  4. Psalm 55:15 Another reading is desolations be upon them
  5. Psalm 55:15 I.e. the nether world

13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(A)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(B)
    at the house of God,(C)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(D)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(E)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

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