Psalms 55:10 · KJV
“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow {are} in the midst of it.”
— Psalms 55:10
Destroy, O Lord, {and} divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Wickedness {is} in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms 55 — Context
I 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:
Cross References
Psalms 59:14-15
And at evening let them return; {and} let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Isaiah 59:6-15
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works {are} works of iniquity, and the act of violence {is} in their hands.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. {the hall...: or, Pilate's house}
Psalms 59:6
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {set a mark: Heb. mark a mark}
Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
2 Samuel 16:21-22
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that {are} with thee be strong.
Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. {made...: or, applied}