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13 [a]If it was an enemy who reviled me,
    I could endure that.
If a foe had treated me with contempt,
    I could manage to avoid him.
14 But it was you, one like myself,
    a companion and a dear friend,
15 with whom I engaged in pleasant conversation
    as we walked with the festive throng
    in the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:13 Doubtless, the betrayer is a Levite; the Targum identifies the false friend as Ahithophel (see Ps 44:11; 2 Sam 15:12). See also Mt 26:21-25.