Psalms 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
11Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou dost not save thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred by thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalms 59:14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go about the city.
Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said to 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 of it.
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice 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 →