Psalms 55:11

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

Revised Version 1895

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 about upon the walls thereof: iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

12For 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:

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness: their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with 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 ard destruction are in their paths.

Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Matthew 26:4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

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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