Psalm 55:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

BBE:

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

DBY:

Swallow them up, Lord; 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.

JPS:

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

WBS:

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

WEB:

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

YLT:

Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

Psalm 55:9 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 11:9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

Jeremiah 6:7 "As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

55:9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] {g} divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
(g) As in the confusion of Babylon when the wicked conspired against God.

WES:

55:9 Destroy - Destroy them by dividing. Tongues - Their speech, as thou didst at Babel, Gen 11:9, their votes, and opinions, and counsels. Which was eminently done among Absalom's followers, 2Sam 17:23. Strife - Injustice and fraud, oppression and contention rule here, instead of that public justice and peace which I established. City - In Jerusalem; which in Absalom's time was a sink of all sins.

MHC:

55:9-15 No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand. The true Christian must expect trials from professed friends, from those with whom he has been united; this will be very painful; but by looking unto Jesus we shall be enabled to bear it. Christ was betrayed by a companion, a disciple, an apostle, who resembled Ahithophel in his crimes and doom. Both were speedily overtaken by Divine vengeance. And this prayer is a prophecy of the utter, the everlasting ruin, of all who oppose and rebel against the Messiah.

CONC:

Acts Confound Confuse Destroy Destruction Divide Division Fighting Language O Plans Speech Strife Swallow Tongue Tongues Town Violence Violent Wicked

Acts City Confound Confuse Destroy Destruction Divide Division Fighting Language Plans Speech Strife Swallow Tongue Tongues Violence Violent Wicked

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