Psalms 55:11

11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

Psalms 55:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:11

Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof
All manner of wickedness; abominable wickedness; wickedness as arrived to its highest pitch, and as having filled up its measure; see ( Ezekiel 9:4 ) ( Zechariah 5:7 Zechariah 5:8 ) ;

deceit and guile depart not from her streets;
where truth was fallen, and equity could not enter, ( Isaiah 59:14 ) ; for these are contrary the one to the other, and are incompatible; where the one prevails, the other must give way. This whole account shows the aboundings of sin in Jerusalem at this time, and that it was openly and publicly committed, and contains so many reasons of the imprecations in ( Psalms 55:9 ) .

Psalms 55:11 In-Context

9 Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

10 By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.