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Psalm 55:10 KJV
Psalms · chapter 55 · verse 10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.Psalm 55:10 · King James Version
Psalm 55:10 in context
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12For 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mischiefʼâvenstrictly nothingnessH205 →
- sorrowʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- aboutçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- wallschôwmâha wall of protectionH2346 →
- DayyôwmâmdailyH3119 →
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David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith's end, yet to his wits' end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here, I. The character he gives of the enemies he feared.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15