Mazmur 55:13

55:13 But it is you, ¹  a man like me, ² 

my close friend in whom I confided. ³ 

Mazmur 88:3

88:3 For my life ⁴  is filled with troubles

and I am ready to enter Sheol. ⁵ 

[55:13]  ¹ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ² tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ³ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

[88:3]  ⁴ tn Or “my soul.”

[88:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my life approaches Sheol.”