Psalm 55:10

10 Verslind hen, HEERE! deel hun tong; want ik zie wrevel en twist in de stad.

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 Ziet, ik zou ver wegzwerven, ik zou vernachten in de woestijn. Sela.

9 Ik zou haasten, dat ik ontkwame, van den drijvenden wind, van den storm.

10 Verslind hen, HEERE! deel hun tong; want ik zie wrevel en twist in de stad.

11 Dag en nacht omringen zij haar op haar muren; en ongerechtigheid en overlast is binnen in haar.

12 Enkel verderving is binnen in haar; en list en bedrog wijkt niet van haar straat.