Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Mischief and sorrow fill the city and surround it without pause, going about it day and night upon its walls while remaining in its midst, portraying the distress of one facing relentless danger. Wrongdoing and suffering are pervasive within the city, present continually around its walls and at its center. As part of its psalm, the verse portrays human wickedness.
The psalm is read in light of deserved divine retribution, in which justice calls for the punishment of the incorrigible wrongdoer. It reveals God's just anger against sin together with His mercy and loving-kindness. The psalm is a prophetic picture of Christ's inner experience in life-and-death struggles with the enemy. It shows Christ in His humiliation as man's substitute, taking human weaknesses, infirmities and sins upon Himself and identifying fully with human failings and sufferings while pouring out His soul in agony to God for help under their weight. Joined with Psalm 22 it reveals the greatness of His sacrifice.
Mischief and sorrow fill the city and surround it without pause, going about it day and night upon its walls while remaining in its midst, portraying the distress of one facing relentless danger. Wrongdoing and suffering are pervasive within the city, present continually around its walls and at its center. As part of its psalm, the verse portrays human wickedness.
The psalm is read in light of deserved divine retribution, in which justice calls for the punishment of the incorrigible wrongdoer. It reveals God's just anger against sin together with His mercy and loving-kindness. The psalm is a prophetic picture of Christ's inner experience in life-and-death struggles with the enemy. It shows Christ in His humiliation as man's substitute, taking human weaknesses, infirmities and sins upon Himself and identifying fully with human failings and sufferings while pouring out His soul in agony to God for help under their weight. Joined with Psalm 22 it reveals the greatness of His sacrifice.