As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
Fountain - rather, a well dug, from which water springs; distinct from a natural spring or fountain.
Casteth out - causeth to flow; literally, causeth to dig, the cause being put for the effect. See for instances of "violence," the times of Manasseh, Amon, and the interval before Josiah's accession (2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 21:24; Isaiah 57:20).
Before me - Yahweh. Before my eyes.