Psalms 55:11

(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

In Context

10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

12(55-13) For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9(5-10) For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.

Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Jeremiah 9:3(9-2) And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.

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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