10:7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; 1
his tongue injures and destroys. 2
55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, 3
while wickedness and destruction 4 are within it.
1 tn Heb “[with] a curse his mouth is full, and lies and injury.”
2 tn Heb “under his tongue are destruction and wickedness.” The words translated “destruction and wickedness” are also paired in Ps 90:10. They also appear in proximity in Pss 7:14 and 55:10.
3 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.
4 sn Wickedness and destruction. These terms are also closely associated in Ps 7:14.