Psalms 55:10
Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
9Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.
11Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom, Goe in to thy fathers concubines, which he hath left to keepe the house: and when all Israel shall heare, that thou art abhorred of thy father, the hands of all that are with thee, shall be strong.
Psalms 58:3The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.
Psalms 59:14And in the euening they shall go to and from, and barke like dogs, and go about the citie.
Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said vnto him, Goe through the middes of the citie, euen through the middes of Ierusalem and set a marke vpon the foreheads of them that mourne, and cry for all the abominations that be done in the middes thereof.
Micah 2:1Woe vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power.
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 →