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Psalms 55:11

9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
KJV
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
WEB
Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.
ASV
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
DARBY
Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
BLB
Disasters [are] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
ÅB
Fordervelse er inneni den, og undertrykkelse og svik viker ikke fra dens torv.
OTB
Ødeleggelse er innenfor henne;
Undertrykkelse og svik forlater ikke hennes gater.
B1930
Fordervelse er inneni den, og undertrykkelse og svik viker ikke fra dens torv.

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