12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
    then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (A)deals insolently with me—
    then I could hide from him.
13 (B)But it is you, a man, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
    within God's house we walked in (C)the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (D)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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