Psalm 55:10 {54:11}
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Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

Day

Psalm 59:6,14,15 They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city. . . .

1 Samuel 19:11 Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Michol, David's wife, had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to morrow thou wilt die:

2 Samuel 17:1,2 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. . . .

Hosea 7:6 Because they have applied their heart like an oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all the night baking them, in the morning he himself was heated as a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1,2 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee. . . .

John 18:3,28 Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. . . .

Acts 9:24 But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.

mischief

2 Samuel 16:21,22 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

Isaiah 59:6-15 Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands. . . .

Ezekiel 9:4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof.

Zephaniah 3:1-3 Woe to the provoking and redeemed city, the dove. . . .

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
9Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city. 10Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,11And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.…
Cross References
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.

Psalm 55:9
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

Psalm 55:11
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

Lexicon
Day
יוֹמָ֤ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: Daytime, by day

and night
וָלַ֗יְלָה (wā·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

they encircle
יְסוֹבְבֻ֥הָ (yə·sō·wḇ·ḇu·hā)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the walls,
חוֹמֹתֶ֑יהָ (ḥō·w·mō·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

while malice
וְאָ֖וֶן (wə·’ā·wen)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

and trouble
וְעָמָ֣ל (wə·‘ā·māl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

[lie] within.
בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (bə·qir·bāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center


Additional Translations
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.Day and night they go about it on the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the middle of it.

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

Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

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

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

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,
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