9Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.


In Context

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;

7 Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;

8 I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.

9 Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

11 Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Psalm 55:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.