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Psalm 55:10–11

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Day and night spoiling for a fight,

trash piled in the streets,

Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating

in broad daylight.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Day and night they go around it

on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are within it;

ruin is in its midst;

oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Day and night they prowl about on its walls;

malice and abuse are within it.

Destructive forces are at work in the city;

threats and lies never leave its streets.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

day and night they make the rounds on its walls.

Crime and trouble are within it;

destruction is inside it;

oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

NLTNew Living Translation

Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,

but the real danger is wickedness within the city.

Everything is falling apart;

threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Day and night they go around it on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are in its midst.

Destruction is within it,

and oppression and deceit

do not depart from its public square.

KJV 1900King James Version

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof:

Deceit and guile depart not from her streets.