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Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don`t depart from her streets.
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Corruption at the Core
Commentators clarify that the original Hebrew word for "deceit" is better translated as "oppression" or "violence." Furthermore, the "streets" refer to the public squares at the city gates where justice was meant to be administered. This paints a picture of a society where the very seats of justice were corrupted by systemic oppression.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wickedness is in the midst thereof - That is, the wickedness connected with rebellion and revolt.
Deceit and guile depart not f…
19th Century
Anglican
Deceit. —Rather, oppression, or violence.
Streets. —Rather, squares, the open sp…
Baptist
Here you get to the center of David's grief. Ahithophel had betrayed him, and here you begin to see the portrait of Christ coming out on the canvas…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof All manner of wickedness; abominable wickedness; wickedness as arrived to its h…
No wickedness causes the believer so much distress as what he witnesses in those who profess to be part of the church of God. Let us not be surpris…
13th Century
Catholic
Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.
Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…
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