Bible verse
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 55:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 55.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
KJV
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
ASV
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
ERV
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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