Psalm 55:12
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For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
In other translations
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588לֹא־lo'-notH3808אוֹיֵב'oyevan enemyH341יְחָרְפֵנִיyecharefenihe taunts meH2778וְאֶשָּׂאve'esa'and I may endureH5375לֹא־lo'-notH3808מְשַׂנְאִיmesan'i[one who] hates meH8130עָלַי'alaion meH5921הִגְדִּילhigdilhe magnified himselfH1431וְאֶסָּתֵרve'esaterthen I may hide myselfH5641מִמֶּנּוּ׃mimenufrom himH4480
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Psalm 35:26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
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- Psalm 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
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