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12For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
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Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. …
Let 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.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith’s end, yet to his wits’ end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here, I. The character he gives of the enemies he feared. They were of the worst sort of men, and his description of them agrees very well with Absalom and his accomplices. 1. He complains of the city of Jerusalem, w…
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