Psalms 55:11

11 Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.

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 Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.

11 Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.

12 For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him.

13 But [it is] you, a man my equal, my friend and confidant.