Psalms 55:13 (DBY)

Passage

But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend.

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:11 Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Psalms 55:12 For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified [himself] against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

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

Psalms 55:14 We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.

Psalms 55:15 Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "mine", "equal", "intimate", "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 is not an enemy that..." into verse 14's "We who held sweet intercourse together To...", 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.