Psalm 55:10

10 surrounding it day and night, filling it with crime and trouble.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 55:10 In-Context

8 I would hurry and find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.

9 Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord! I see violence and riots in the city,

10 surrounding it day and night, filling it with crime and trouble.

11 There is destruction everywhere; the streets are full of oppression and fraud.

12 If it were an enemy making fun of me, I could endure it; if it were an opponent boasting over me, I could hide myself from him.