Psalms 55:13 — Meaning and Application

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

For {it was} not an enemy {that} reproached me; then I could have borne {it}: neither {was it} he that hated me {that} did magnify {himself} against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But {it was} thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. {mine equal: Heb. according to my rank}

We took sweet counsel together, {and} walked unto the house of God in company. {We...: Heb. Who sweetened counsel}

Let death seize upon them, {and} let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness {is} in their dwellings, {and} among them. {hell: or, the grave}