Day and night they prowl around on top of its walls. The city is full of crime and trouble.

他们在城墙上昼夜绕行；在城内也有罪孽和奸恶。

他们昼夜在城墙上绕行，城内也有罪孽和奸恶。

他们昼夜在城墙上绕行，城内也有罪孽和奸恶。

他们昼夜在城墙上出没，城内充满了邪恶和压迫，

恶人日夜在城墙上绕行，在城里尽是邪恶与祸害；

它们昼夜在城墙上绕行，坏事和祸患也在城中；

他們在城牆上晝夜繞行；在城內也有罪孽和奸惡。

他們晝夜在城牆上繞行，城內也有罪孽和奸惡。

他們晝夜在城牆上繞行，城內也有罪孽和奸惡。

他們晝夜在城牆上出沒，城內充滿了邪惡和壓迫，

惡人日夜在城牆上繞行，在城裡盡是邪惡與禍害；

這類之事在城牆上晝夜繞行；在城內則有奸惡和毒害：

它們晝夜在城牆上繞行，壞事和禍患也在城中；

彼在城上、晝夜遶行、中有罪孽邪慝兮、

維彼晝夜、巡行邑垣、中有強悍、殘害人民、

彼晝夜游行城垣之上、毒惡禍患、徧於城內、

城市多喧紛。眾口何喋喋。懇祈我恩主。截彼讒人舌。

Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;

Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city.

day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;

Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And evil and harm are in her midst.

Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow[ are] in the midst of it.

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

My enemies are like a pack of barking dogs that come back into the city in the evening. They prowl around the city.They wander around looking for food. They groan if they don’t find something that will satisfy them.

The Lord said to him,“ Go all through Jerusalem. Look for those who are sad and sorry about all the things being done there. I hate those things. Put a mark on the foreheads of those people.”

Saul sent some men to watch David’s house. He told them to kill David the next morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him. She said,“ You must run for your life tonight. If you don’t, tomorrow you will be killed.”

Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning. The Jewish leaders did not want to be made“ unclean.” They wanted to be able to eat the Passover meal. So they did not enter the palace.

How terrible it will be for those who plan to harm others! How terrible for those who make evil plans before they even get out of bed! As soon as daylight comes, they carry out their plans. That’s because they have the power to do it.If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat people out of their homes. They rob them of their property.

One day Ahithophel said to Absalom,“ Here’s what I suggest. Choose 12,000 men. Start out tonight and go after David.Attack him while he’s tired and weak. Fill him with terror. Then all the people with him will run away. Don’t strike down anyone except the king.

So Judas came to the garden. He was guiding a group of soldiers and some officials. The chief priests and the Pharisees had sent them. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.

But he learned about their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates closely in order to kill him.

Ahithophel answered,“ Your father left some concubines behind to take care of the palace. Go and sleep with them. Then all the Israelites will hear about it. They will hear that you have made your father hate you. Everyone with you will be encouraged to give you more support.”So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof of the palace. He went in and slept with his father’s concubines. Everyone in Israel saw it.

My enemies are like a pack of barking dogs that come back to the city in the evening. They prowl around the city.

Their hearts are as hot as an oven. They make evil plans to get rid of him. Their anger burns like a slow fire all night. In the morning it blazes out like a flaming fire.

Those people weave their evil plans together like a spider’s web. But the webs they make can’t be used as clothes. They can’t cover themselves with what they make. Their acts are evil. They do things to harm others.They are always in a hurry to sin. They run quickly to murder those who aren’t guilty. They love to think up evil plans. They leave a trail of harmful actions.They don’t know how to live at peace with others. What they do isn’t fair. They lead twisted lives. No one who lives like that will enjoy peace and rest.We aren’t being treated fairly. We haven’t been set free yet. The God who always does what is right hasn’t come to help us. We look for light, but we see nothing but darkness. We look for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.Like blind people we feel our way along the wall. We are like those who can’t see. At noon we trip and fall as if the sun had already set. Compared to those who are healthy, we are like dead people.All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.That’s because we’ve done so many things he considers wrong. Our sins prove that we are guilty. The wrong things we’ve done are always troubling us. We admit that we have sinned.We’ve refused to obey the Lord. We’ve made evil plans against him. We’ve turned our backs on our God. We’ve stirred up conflict and refused to follow him. We’ve told lies that came from our own minds.So people stop others from doing what is fair. They keep them from doing what is right. No one tells the truth in court anymore. No one is honest there.In fact, truth can’t be found anywhere. Those who refuse to do evil are attacked. The Lord sees that people aren’t treating others fairly. That makes him unhappy.

How terrible it will be for Jerusalem! Its people crush others. They refuse to obey the Lord. They are“ unclean.”They don’t obey anyone. They don’t accept the Lord’ s warnings. They don’t trust in him. They don’t ask their God for his help.Jerusalem’s officials are like roaring lions. Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening. They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.