Psalms 55:13 (GNV)

Passage

But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:11 Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

Psalms 55:12 Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.

Psalms 55:13 But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:

Psalms 55:14 Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.

Psalms 55:15 Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Surely mine enemie did not defame mee..." into verse 14's "Which delited in consulting together and went...", so "thou" and "euen" 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 "euen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.