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11 Day and night they make their rounds on its walls,
    and within it are iniquity and malice.
12 Destruction is also in its midst;
    oppression and treachery pervade its streets.
13 [a]If it was an enemy who reviled me,
    I could endure that.
If a foe had treated me with contempt,
    I could manage to avoid him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:13 Doubtless, the betrayer is a Levite; the Targum identifies the false friend as Ahithophel (see Ps 44:11; 2 Sam 15:12). See also Mt 26:21-25.