Psalms 55:13 (ASV)

Passage

But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

Psalms 55:12 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:

Psalms 55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

Psalms 55:14 We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.

Psalms 55:15 Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "mine", "equal", "companion", "familiar", and "friend". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "mine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "For it was not an enemy that..." into verse 14's "We took sweet counsel together We walked...", so "thou" and "mine" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.