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Psalms 55:11 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 55:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:118 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹמָ֤םywōmām
by dayadvH3119
(by · in the) day
וָ/לַ֗יְלָהwālayəlāh
and nightconjH3915
יְסוֹבְבֻ֥/הָyəswōbəbuhā
they go around itverbH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
חוֹמֹתֶ֑י/הָḥwōmōteyhā
walls itsnounH2346
walled
וְ/אָ֖וֶןwəʾāwen
and wickednessconjH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וְ/עָמָ֣לwəʿāmāl
and troubleconjH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
בְּ/קִרְבָּֽ/הּbəqirəbāh
are in midst itspronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 55:11

1. Of this Psalm the title is: “At the end, in hymns, understanding to David himself.” What the “end” is, we will briefly call to your recollection, because you have known it. “For the end of the Law is Christ, for righteousness unto every man believing.” Romans 10:4 Be the attention therefore directed unto the End, directed unto Christ. Wherefore is He called the end? Because whatever we do, to Him we refer it, and when to Him we shall have come home, more to ask we shall…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 55 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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