King James Version
Psalms 55:10 in the King James Version says “Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 55 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.”
Psalms 55:10 · KJV
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
For 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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“they go about”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thereof mischief”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“also and sorrow”
H5999toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
“are in the midst”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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