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


In Context

6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

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

10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her 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 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 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.