Mazmur 55:10

55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, ¹ 

while wickedness and destruction ²  are within it.

Mazmur 101:5

101:5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.

I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. ³ 

[55:10]  ¹ tn Heb “day and night they surround it, upon its walls.” Personified “violence and conflict” are the likely subjects. They are compared to watchmen on the city’s walls.

[55:10]  ² sn Wickedness and destruction. These terms are also closely associated in Ps 7:14.

[101:5]  ³ tn Heb “[one who has] pride of eyes and wideness [i.e., arrogance] of heart, him I will not endure.”