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13 But it is you, a man my equal,
my friend and confidant.
14 We who would take sweet counsel together;
in the house[a] of God
we would walk with the throng.
15 Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their home and heart.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:14 Or “temple”
  2. Psalm 55:15 Literally “inward part”

13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(A)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(B)
    at the house of God,(C)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(D)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(E)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

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