Psalms 55:11
Engulfing ruin, is in her midst, And there depart not from her broadway, oppression and deceit.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
In Context
10Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
Cross References
Psalms 5:9For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin,—An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.
Psalms 109:2For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
Isaiah 59:7Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood,—Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;
Jeremiah 9:3Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land,—For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
Matthew 26:4and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.
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 →