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


In Context

6 I said, |Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7 Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.| Selah.

8 |I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.|

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

10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart 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 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 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.