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Psalms 55:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. "
Psalms 55:10
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8 “I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
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Psalms 55:1
"Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication."
Psalms 55:2
"Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan"
Psalms 55:3
"because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me."
Psalms 55:4
"My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me."
Psalms 55:5
"Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me."
Psalms 55:6
"I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest."
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