“God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.”
The casting off of the companions in verse 12 now appears in a different light: the betrayer has violated the ancient covenant bonds, breaking peace and extending a hand against those bound together in sacred fellowship. The violation is described as stretching forth a hand against allies, suggesting violent breach of the bonds of peace. The reference to the covenant indicates that this is not merely a personal disagreement but a violation of sacred obligation. This verse deepens the condemnation of the betrayer: the violation involves the destruction of covenantal bonds and the weaponizing of intimate relationship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 55:19
1. Of this Psalm the title is: “At the end, in hymns, understanding to David himself.” What the “end” is, we will briefly call to your recollection, because you have known it. “For the end of the Law is Christ, for righteousness unto every man believing.” Romans 10:4 Be the attention therefore directed unto the End, directed unto Christ. Wherefore is He called the end? Because whatever we do, to Him we refer it, and when to Him we shall have come home, more to ask we shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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