Psalms 55:11
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
In Context
10I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
12Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
Cross References
Psalms 5:9Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
Psalms 109:2O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Jeremiah 9:3And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.
Matthew 26:4And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, 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 →