Psalms 55:11

11 Destruction is everywhere in the city; trouble and lying never leave its 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 Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.

10 Day and night they are all around its walls, and evil and trouble are everywhere inside.

11 Destruction is everywhere in the city; trouble and lying never leave its streets.

12 It was not an enemy insulting me. I could stand that. It was not someone who hated me. I could hide from him.

13 But it is you, a person like me, my companion and good friend.