The depiction of the city as a place of violence and strife on its walls and within its squares establishes that the problem is systemic and pervasive, not merely the result of isolated evildoers but reflecting the fundamental disorder of the social order. The image of injustice never departing from public spaces suggests that wickedness has become institutionalized; corruption is embedded in the structures of civil life. The comprehensive nature of the evil (walls, squares, never departing) indicates that the psalmist experiences the entire environment as corrupted and threatening. This verse explains why escape seems the appropriate response: the corruption is total and cannot be reformed from within.

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