Discovery BoxPsalms 55:10 
Context55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, 1
while wickedness and destruction 2 are within it.
Psalms 78:53
Context78:53 He guided them safely along,
while the sea covered their enemies.
Psalms 141:10
Context141:10 Let the wicked fall 3 into their 4 own nets,
while I escape. 5
Psalms 149:6
Context149:6 May they praise God
while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, 6
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.
2 sn Wickedness and destruction. These terms are also closely associated in Ps 7:14.
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer. Another option is to translate, “the wicked will fall.”
4 tn Heb “his.”
5 tn Heb “at the same [that] I, until I pass by.” Another option is to take יַחַד (yakhad) with the preceding line, “let the wicked fall together into their own nets.”
6 tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”
