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Psalms 55:10

8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

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

12 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:

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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
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
KJV
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
WEB
Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
ASV
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
DARBY
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
BLB
Day and night they go around it, on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] within it.
ÅB
Dag og natt vandrer de omkring den på dens murer, og elendighet og ulykke er inneni den.
OTB
Dag og natt omringer de henne på hennes murer,
Og urett og skade er innenfor henne.
B1930
Dag og natt vandrer de omkring den på dens murer, og elendighet og ulykke er inneni den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 59:14–15

    And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

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  • Isaiah 59:6–15

    Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

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  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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  • Acts 9:24

    But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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  • Ezekiel 9:4

    And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

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  • Psalms 59:6

    They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:11

    Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

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  • John 18:3

    Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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