King James Version
What Does Psalms 55:14 Mean?
“We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. We: Heb. Who sweetened counsel”
Context
12
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:
13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. mine equal: Heb. according to my rank
14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. We: Heb. Who sweetened counsel
15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. hell: or, the grave
16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(14) **And walked . . .**—*i.e., *joined the great public processions to the temple. (Comp. Psalm 44:4.) The word rendered “company” occurs again (Psalm 64:2. Authorised Version, “insurrection.” Comp. the same root, Psalm 2:1.) The intimacy of these former friends was public as well as private.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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