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Selected Verse: Psalms 55:11 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 55:11 |
King James |
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Wickedness--literally, "Mischief," evils resulting from others (Psa 5:9; Psa 52:2, Psa 52:7).
streets--or literally, "wide places," markets, courts of justice, and any public place. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wickedness is in the midst thereof - That is, the wickedness connected with rebellion and revolt.
Deceit and guile depart not from her streets - They are everywhere. They are found in every street and alley. They pervade all classes of the people. The word rendered "deceit" means rather "oppression." This was connected with "guile," or with "deceit." That is, wrong would be everywhere committed, and the perpetration of those wrongs would be connected with false representations, and false pretences - a state of things that might be expected in the unnatural rebellion under Absalom. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Streets - The places of buying and selling, and of public commerce. |
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.