Psalms 55:9
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
2 Samuel 17:1And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
Jeremiah 23:14And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me — all of them — as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
John 7:45the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, 'Wherefore did ye not bring 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 →