11  My ^yfriends and companions ^zstand aloof from my ^aplague,

and my nearest kin ^bstand far off.

9  Even my ^kclose friend in whom I trusted,

who ^late my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

12  For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who ^tdeals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

13  ^uBut it is you, a man, my equal,

my companion, my familiar friend.

14  We used to take sweet counsel together;

within God’s house we walked in ^vthe throng.