Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof in contrast to deceit and guile depart not from her streets Wickedness is in the midst thereof - in contrast to deceit and guile depart not from her streets ( meerªchobaah (H7339)) - rather 'from its market-places,' which were before the gates. Thus, there is the same contrast here as in Psalms 55:10, but in reverse order, between the interior and the exterior. In the marketplace, where justice was professedly administered, "deceit and guile" prevailed; they 'departed not' at any time; there was no intermission or abatement. Also in commercial transactions in the market deceit and fraud abounded.