Psalm 55 sounds like many other Psalms, with an appeal to God to hear the plea for deliverance from the enemy. But verse 12 brings an unexpected twist:
Psalm 55:12–14 (ESV):
For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.
But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God’s house we walked in the throng.
It is difficult when we are betrayed. But, we can take that burden to the Lord.
Psalm 55:22 (ESV):
Cast your burden on the LORD,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
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