God’s Word Translation
Psalms 55:14
14We used to talk to each other in complete confidence and walk into God’s house with the festival crowds.
Psalms 55:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- New International Version (NIV)with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God in the throng.
Context of Psalms 55:14
12If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him. 13But it is you, my equal, my best friend, one I knew so well! We used to talk to each other in complete confidence and walk into God’s house with the festival crowds. 15Let death suddenly take ⌞wicked people⌟! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts. 16But I call on God, and the Lord saves me.
Read all of Psalms 55Psalms 55:14 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַ֭חְדָּו נַמְתִּ֣יק ס֑וֹד בְּבֵ֥ית אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים נְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּרָֽגֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 55:14
- Psalms 42:4I will remember these things as I pour out my soul: how I used to walk with the crowd and lead it in a procession to God’s house. ⌞I sang⌟ songs of joy and thanksgiving while crowds of people celebrated a festival.
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the Lord.”
- Isaiah 2:3Then many people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 33:31Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they don’t do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.
Commentaries on Psalms 55:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Walked unto the house of God in company - Or with haste; for the rabbins teach that we should walk hastily To the temple, but slowly From it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14We took sweet counsel together - Margin, “who sweetened counsel.” Literally, “We sweetened counsel together;” that is, We consulted together; we opened our minds and plans to each other; in other words, We found that happiness in each other which those do who freely and confidentially communicate their plans and wishes - who have that mutual satisfaction which results from the approval of each other‘s plans. And walked unto the house of God in company…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand. The true Christian must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-20The psalmist's enemy used to be a friend. Remembering their close relationship causes him pain (see Psalm 31:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. This description of treachery does not deny, but aggravates, the injury from enemies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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