Psalms 55:9
Confuse them, Lord, upset their plans; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
In Context
8I would find myself a shelter from raging wind and tempest.
10By day and by night they make their rounds on the city walls, while within is crime and trouble,
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come, let us go down there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand each other’s speech.”
John 7:45When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, “Why have you not brought him?”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →