10 day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;(A)
11 destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.(B)

12 Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

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10 Day and night they prowl(A) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces(B) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(C) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.

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10 Day and night they go around it on its walls;
(A)Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
11 Destruction is in its midst;
(B)Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

12 (C)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has (D)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.

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