Psalm 55:12-23

New King James Version

^12 (A)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has ^(B)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
¹³ But it was you, a man my equal,
^(C)My companion and my acquaintance.
¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together,
And ^(D)walked to the house of God in the throng.

¹⁵ Let death seize them;
Let them ^(E)go down alive into ^[a]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

¹⁶ As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.
^17 (F)Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
¹⁸ He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For ^(G)there were many against me.
¹⁹ God will hear, and afflict them,
^(H)Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.

²⁰ He has ^(I)put forth his hands against those who ^(J)were at peace with him;
He has broken his ^[b]covenant.
^21 (K)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

^22 (L)Cast your burden on the Lord,
And ^(M)He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be ^[c]moved.

²³ But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
^(N)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men ^(O)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.