Psalm 55:9
Strong's Lexicon
O Lord,
אֲ֭דֹנָי (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: 1) my lord, lord 1a) of men 1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

confuse
בַּלַּ֣ע (bal·la‘)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1104: 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

and confound
פַּלַּ֣ג (pal·laḡ)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6385: 1) to divide, split 1a) (Niphal) to be split, be divided 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to split, cleave 1b2) to divide

their speech,
לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

I see
רָאִ֨יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

violence
חָמָ֖ס (ḥā·mās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

and strife
וְרִ֣יב (wə·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7379: 1) strife, controversy, dispute 1a) strife, quarrel 1b) dispute, controversy, case at law

in the city.
בָּעִֽיר׃ (bā·‘îr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Young's Literal Translation
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;

New American Standard Bible
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

King James Bible
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.

New Living Translation
Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.

English Standard Version
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

New American Standard Bible
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;

International Standard Version
Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

NET Bible
Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

American Standard Version
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

English Revised Version
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Young's Literal Translation
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
















Cross References
Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Psalm 11:5
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalm 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Jeremiah 6:7
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Psalm 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Psalm 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Psalm 55:12
For 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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