Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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Gill's Exposition
Wickedness is in the midst thereof,.... All manner of wickedness; abominable wickedness; wickedness as arrived to its highest pitch, and as having filled up its measure; see Eze 9:4;
deceit and…
Barnes' Notes
Day and night they go about it, upon the walls thereof - That is, continually. The word “they” in this place probably refers to the violence and strife mentioned in the preceding verse. They are here…
David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith's end, yet to his wits' end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here,
I. The…
Cambridge Bible
they go about it upon the walls thereof A metaphor from watchmen going their rounds on the city walls. But who are meant by they?Perhaps the party hostile to the Psalmist, who are ever patrolling the…
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