Psalm 55:11 {54:12}
Good News Translation
There is destruction everywhere; the streets are full of oppression and fraud.

New Revised Standard Version
ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.

Contemporary English Version
and corruption. Troublemakers and liars freely roam the streets.

New American Bible
treachery is in its midst; oppression and fraud never leave its streets.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

Wickedness

Ezekiel 22:1-12 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: . . .

Acts 7:51,52 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also. . . .

deceit

Psalm 109:2,3 O God, be not thou silent in my praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me. . . .

Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Jeremiah 5:26,27 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men. . . .

Jeremiah 9:3-5 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. . . .

Matthew 26:4 And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus and put him to death.

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
10Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour, 11And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.12For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.…
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labor and sorrow.

Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.

Psalm 17:9
From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:

Psalm 55:10
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

Psalm 55:10
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