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Psalms 55:11

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

KJV

In Deo laudabo verbum ; in Domino laudabo sermonem. In Deo speravi : non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.

Vulgate

ἐπὶ τῷ θεῷ αἰνέσω ῥῆμα, ἐπὶ τῷ θεῷ αἰνέσω λόγον.

LXX

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

ASV

יוֹמָ֤ם וָ/לַ֗יְלָה יְסוֹבְבֻ֥/הָ עַל חוֹמֹתֶ֑י/הָ וְ/אָ֖וֶן וְ/עָמָ֣ל בְּ/קִרְבָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Isa 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Ps 5:9 — 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.
  • Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 34:13 — Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.