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


In Context

6 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

7 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

8 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

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

10 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

11 and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:9Swallow them up, Lord; 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.