Psalms 55:10

10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

Psalms 55:10 in Other Translations

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

10 Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;

10 Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city.

10 Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets,

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

10 Day and night they go around on [top of] the city walls. Trouble and misery are everywhere.

10 day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;

10 Day and night they prowl around on top of its walls. The city is full of crime and trouble.

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 place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”

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

10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

11 Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Peter 5:8