“"Day and night." Here he shows in particular. In every city there are three things: namely, walls that surround it, the central habitation, and the public squares. And the Philosopher distinguishes three classes of men. By walls are understood the rulers and magnates of the city, who protect the people as walls protec…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Exposition on the Psalms of David
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10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
— Psalms 55:10 —
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: