Psalms 55:11
\55:10\By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
In Context
12\55:11\Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9\5:8\Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.
Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Jeremiah 9:3Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Matthew 26:4And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:10-16
Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For 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: 13 But it was thou, a man… Read the whole commentary →