Psalms 55:10

“For thou, O God, hast proved us, etc.] And by the experiment found them to be true and faithful; to have the truth of grace, and the root of the matter in them; not reprobate silver, or their grace counterfeit grace; but of the right kind, solid and substantial; thou hast tried us as silver is tried; in a furnace, where it is put and melted by the refiner, and purified from the dross that attends it. So the Targum, “thou hast purified us as the silversmith purifieth the silver;” or tries it by melting and purifying it. Thus the Lord puts his people into the furnace of afflictions, and sits as a refiner and purifier of them; hereby he tries their graces, faith, patience, hope, and love, their…”

“which is described in detail (compare Psa 7:14-16).”

“Day and night they go about it, upon the walls thereof - That is, continually. The word “they” in this place probably refers to the violence and strife mentioned in the preceding verse. They are here personified, and they seem to surround the city; to be everywhere moving, even on the very walls. They are like a besieging army. Inside and outside; in the midst of the city and on the walls, there was nothing but violence and strife - conspiracy, rebellion, and crime. Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it - Crime abounded, and the result was anguish or sorrow. This language would well describe the scenes when Absalom rebelled; when the city was filled with conspirators and rebels;…”

“They - Violence and strife. Go about - Do encompass it, as it were a garrison. Walls - In the outward parts, as also in the very midst of it. So that all parts were horribly corrupted. Psalms 55:11”

“Day: Psa 59:6, Psa 59:14, Psa 59:15; Sa1 19:11; Sa2 17:1, Sa2 17:2; Hos 7:6; Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2; Joh 18:3, Joh 18:28; Act 9:24 mischief: Sa2 16:21, Sa2 16:22; Isa 59:6-15; Eze 9:4; Zep 3:1-3 Psalms 55:11”