Psalms 55:13
But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
BSB
ASV
But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
KJV
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
But it was thou,.... The Targum is, "but thou Ahithophel"; of whom the words are literally to be understood, and so they are in the Talmud (u); and mystically and typically of Judas; a man mine equal; "a man", and not a beast, nor a devil; but a man, from whom humanity, kindness, and tenderness might have been expected; though both Ahithophel and Judas acted the part of a devil; and the latter is expressly called one, Joh 6:70; "mine equal"; or like unto me; as the Targum.
The Chaldee-paraphrase names Ahithophel as the person here meant, and nothing in that plot seems to have discouraged David so much as to hear that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom ( 2 Sam. xv. 31 ), for he was the king's counsellor, 1 Chron. xxvii.
But it was thou. He sees him. The poetic fury is upon him, he sees the traitor as though he stood before him in flesh and blood. He singles him out, he points his finger at him, he challenges him to his face. But thou. Et tu, Brute. And thou, Ahithophel, art thou here? Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man? A man mine equal. Treated by me as one of my own rank, never looked upon as an inferior, but as a trusted friend.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
leads to
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
Through
Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
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“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.