Psalms 55:9

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

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

Psalms 55:9 — American Standard Version

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Context — Psalms 55

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

8I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

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