Psalms 55:10
Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;
11Engulfing ruin, is in her midst, And there depart not from her broadway, oppression and deceit.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to put him to death, in the morning! And Michal his wife told David, saying, If thou do not deliver thyself to-night, to-morrow, art thou to be put to death.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said unto Absolom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, whom he hath left to keep the house,—so shall all Israel hear that thou hast made thyself odious unto thy father, and the hands of all that are with thee, shall be strengthened.
Psalms 58:3Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;
Psalms 59:14Let them return, then, at evening, Let them growl like a dog, And go round the city.
Ezekiel 9:4Then said Yahweh unto him. Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,—and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations that are being done in her midst.
Micah 2:1Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,—in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for 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 →