Psalms 55:10

“Day and night they go around it on its walls, and wickedness and suffering are within it.”

Psalms 55:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 55:10, word by word

Dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

Where else “yomam” appears
and nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

Where else “layla” appears
they go around itיְסוֹבְבֻyesovvu

go around

To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.

Where else “yesovvu” appears
on its wallsחוֹמֹתֶיchomote

wall

Wall, city wall.

Where else “chomote” appears
and wickednessאָוֶןaven

wickedness

The evil one does.

Where else “aven” appears
and suffering areעָמָלamal

suffering

Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.

Where else “amal” appears
within itקִרְבָּkirba

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirba” appears

The context

9Swallow them up, Adonai, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 · This verse (above)

11Calamities are within it; and oppression and deceit do not depart from its square.

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