Psalms 55:12

Indeed, ¹  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, ²  or else I could hide from him.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

It is not an enemy who taunts me––I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me––I could have hidden from them.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

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

SABDAweb Psa 55:12

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

bibleoremus Psa 55:12

It is not enemies who taunt me—I could bear that; it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me—I could hide from them.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it . Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.

biblegateway Psa 55:12

Indeed, ¹  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, ²  or else I could hide from him.

¹ tn Or “for.”

² tn Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.