Psalms 55:11

For it was not an enemy that reproached me,.... An open and avowed one; a Moabite or a Philistine; such an one as Goliath, who cursed him by his gods; but one of his own country, city, court, and…

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…

David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith's end, yet to his wits' end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here,

I. The…

Wickedness The same word as in Psa 52:2; very wickednessor destruction. deceit R.V. oppression, or, marg., fraud.

her streets Lit., broad place: the open space inside the gates, where justice was…