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Psalm 55

Psa. 55:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wickedness
havvah (Hebrew #1942)
desire; also ruin
KJV usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Pronounce: hav-vaw'
Origin: from 1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling)
is in the midst
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
thereof: deceit
tok (Hebrew #8496)
from the same base as 8432 (in the sense of cutting to pieces); oppression
KJV usage: deceit, fraud.
Pronounce: toke
Origin: or towk (Psa. 72:14) {toke}
and guile
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
depart
muwsh (Hebrew #4185)
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.
Pronounce: moosh
Origin: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as 4184 through the idea of receding by contact)
not from her streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Wickedness.
Ezek. 22:1‑12• 1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 2And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,
 3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
 4Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.
 5Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous and full of tumult.
 6Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
 7In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
 8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
 9In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;
 10in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.
 11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:1‑12)
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Acts 7:51‑52• 51O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.
 52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers! (Acts 7:51‑52)
deceit.
Psa. 109:2‑3• 2For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,
 3And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. (Psa. 109:2‑3)
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Isa. 59:7• 7Their 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; (Isa. 59:7)
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Jer. 5:26‑27• 26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
 27As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves. (Jer. 5:26‑27)
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Jer. 9:3‑5• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. (Jer. 9:3‑5)
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Matt. 26:4• 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:4)
• There is confidence in God, an expectation that His ear is open to the cry of the heart that trusts Him. But till the Lord is looked to, the power of wickedness, and the wickedness itself distress and bow down the soul. The existence and power of evil, of what is opposed to God, weighs on it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)
• Iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it, and the streets are marked by oppression and deceit. From the center to the walls all is corruption and violence. (“Psalms 55” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Perversitiesb are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streetsc.

JND Translation Notes

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b
See Ps. 5.9 and Note d.
c
Or "open place."