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Psalm 55:11–12

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11Forces that destroy are at work inside it.

Its streets are full of people who cheat others and take advantage of them.

12If an enemy were making fun of me,

I could stand it.

If he were looking down on me,

I could hide from him.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

ruin is in its midst;

oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Destructive forces are at work in the city;

threats and lies never leave its streets.

If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

destruction is inside it;

oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—

otherwise I could bear it;

it is not a foe who rises up against me—

otherwise I could hide from him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Everything is falling apart;

threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.

It is not an enemy who taunts me—

I could bear that.

It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—

I could have hidden from them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Destruction is within it,

and oppression and deceit

do not depart from its public square.

For it is not an enemy that taunts me,

or I could bear it.

It is not one who hates me that magnifies himself over me,

or I could hide myself from him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: