Psalms 55:12

Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

11Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

13and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

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Cross References

Psalms 35:26Let them blush : and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.

Psalms 41:9They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

Matthew 26:21And whilst they were eating, he said: Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.

John 18:2And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus had often resorted thither together with his disciples.

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 →

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