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Psalm 55:9 KJV
Psalms · chapter 55 · verse 9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Psalm 55:9 · King James Version
Psalm 55:9 in context
7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- violencechâmâçviolenceH2555 →
- Destroybâlaʻto make away withH1104 →
- tongueslâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- dividepâlagto splitH6385 →
- striferîyba contestH7379 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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David here complains of his enemies, whose wicked plots had brought him, though not to his faith's end, yet to his wits' end, and prays against them by the spirit of prophecy. Observe here, I. The character he gives of the enemies he feared.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15