For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him. But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.
⛓ Read Psalm 55 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The betrayal by 'my equal, my companion, my familiar friend' with whom 'we took sweet counsel together' reinforces the table-companion betrayal of Psalm 41 applied to Judas. It is a coherent secondary lament of intimate treachery. Offered as an alternate/reinforcing source.
Medium confidenceThe betrayal by a close companion who shared sweet fellowship ('we took counsel together, and walked to the house of God') reinforces the table-betrayal motif alongside Psalm 41:9. Recurrence of the intimate-betrayer theme in the Psalter supports a medium-confidence echo.
Medium confidenceThe lament over betrayal by 'a man my equal, my companion and familiar friend, with whom I kept pleasant company... in the house of God' parallels the intimate-betrayer motif of the meal. Its recurrence alongside Psalm 41 in the suffering-righteous tradition makes it a strong secondary subtext for the betrayed table-companion.
Medium confidence