Psalms 55:9
אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּֽעַר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
In Context
8הִנֵּה אַרְחִיק נְדֹד אָלִין בַּמִּדְבָּר סֶֽלָה ׃
10בַּלַּע אֲדֹנָי פַּלַּג לְשׁוֹנָם כִּֽי ־ רָאִיתִי חָמָס וְרִיב בָּעִֽיר ׃
Cross References
Genesis 11:7הָבָה נֵֽרְדָה וְנָבְלָה שָׁם שְׂפָתָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אִישׁ שְׂפַת רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
2 Samuel 17:1וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִיתֹפֶל אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלֹם אֶבְחֲרָה נָּא שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ וְאָקוּמָה וְאֶרְדְּפָה אַחֲרֵי ־ דָוִד הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃
Jeremiah 23:14וּבִנְבִאֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם רָאִיתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָה נָאוֹף וְהָלֹךְ בַּשֶּׁקֶר וְחִזְּקוּ יְדֵי מְרֵעִים לְבִלְתִּי ־ שָׁבוּ אִישׁ מֵרָֽעָתוֹ הָֽיוּ ־ לִי כֻלָּם כִּסְדֹם וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ כַּעֲמֹרָֽה ׃ ס
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 →