Psalms 55:9
Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.
10Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,—that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
2 Samuel 17:1Then said Ahithophel unto Absolom: I pray thee, let me choose for myself, twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue David to-night;
Jeremiah 23:14But among the prophets of Jerusalem, have I seen a horrible thing,—Committing adultery, And walking in falsehood, And so strengthening the hands of doers of wickedness, not to return any man from his wickedness: They have all of them become to me as Sodom, And her inhabitants as Gomorrah.
John 7:45So then the officers came unto the High-priests and Pharisees, and, they, said unto them—For what cause, have ye 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 →