Psalms 55:11 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 55:11

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 Eze 9:4; deceit and guile depart not from her streets; where truth was fallen, and equity could not enter, Isa 59:14; for these are contrary the one to the other, and are incompatible; where the one prevails, the other must give way.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Is this the character of Jerusalem, the royal city, and, which is more, the holy city, and in David's time too, so soon after the thrones of judgment and the testimony of Israel were both placed there? Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty?

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַוּ֥וֹת	ha.Vot	destruction<s>	H1942 →
בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּ	be.kir.Bah	[are] in midst its	H7130 →
וְֽלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יָמִ֥ישׁ	ya.Mish	it departs	H4185 →
מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּ	me.re.cho.Vah	from public square its	H7339 →
תֹּ֣ךְ	tokh	oppression	H8496 →
וּמִרְמָֽה׃	u.mir.Mah	and deceit	H4820 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
leads to
- Romans 3:13
  “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- Jeremiah 9:3–6
  “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 62:4
  They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Micah 6:12
  For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Proverbs 29:5
  A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Through
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:17
  haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Romans 3:15–17
  “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Through
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
leads to
- Psalms 7:14
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms