Psalms 55:10
(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And Saul 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.'
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father; then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.'
Psalms 58:3(58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
Psalms 59:14(59-15) And they return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city;
Ezekiel 9:4And 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 are done in the midst thereof.'
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they execute it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:10-16
Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 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: 13 But it was thou, a man… Read the whole commentary →