Psalms 55:10

10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

Psalms 55:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:10

Day and night they go about it, upon the walls thereof
That is, "violence" and "strife" go about the walls of it continually; men of violence and contention are the only watchmen of it: a city must be sadly guarded that has no better watch than this;

mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it;
it was full of wickedness within and without; the city, as Aben Ezra observes, was like a circle; violence and strife were as a line round about it, and mischief and sorrow the centre of it: and these two commonly go together; where mischief is, sorrow follows.

Psalms 55:10 In-Context

8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.