'City' in the Bible

His children are far from safety.They are crushed at the city gate,with no one to rescue them.

From the city, men groan;the mortally wounded cry for help,yet God pays no attention to this crime.

When I went out to the city gateand took my seat in the town square,

City officials stopped talkingand covered their mouths with their hands.

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless childwhen I saw that I had support in the city gate,