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Psalms 55:14

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 55:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
Psalms 55:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 55

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
13But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
14We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“We took sweet counsel together, etc.] Not in religious matters; for in these the testimonies of the Lord were David’s counsellors, (<19B924>Psalm 119:24); but in civil things: hearty counsel is one branch of friendship, and which greatly sweetens it, (<202709>Proverbs 27:9); as this may be applied to Christ and Judas, it may denote the mutual delight and pleasure they had, the one in communicating, the other in receiving a notional knowledge of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it, which are the counsel of God, (<442027>Acts 20:27); for if hearers may hear the word gladly, as Herod did, and receive it with joy, as did the stony ground hearers, and yet be destitute of the grace of God; why may…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“in company--literally, "with a crowd," in a festal procession.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“We 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 - We went up to worship God together. The word rendered “company” means properly a noisy crowd, a multitude. The idea here is not that which would seem to be conveyed by our translation - that they went up to the house of God in company “with…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“We took sweet counsel together: Heb. Who sweetened counsel, walked. Psa 42:4, Psa 122:1; Isa 2:3; Eze 33:31 Psalms 55:15”
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