Psalms 55:9 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 55:9-11 MSG (The Message)
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I’m appalled how they’ve split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
Psalms 55:9 KJV (King James Version)
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 NCV (New Century Version)
Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.
Psalms 55:9 ASV (American Standard Version)
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 NIV (New International Version)
Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 NKJV (New King James Version)
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes], For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:9 NLT (New Living Translation)
Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.
Psalms 55:9 TPT (The Passion Translation)
God, confuse them until they quarrel with themselves. Destroy them with their own violent strife and slander. They have divided the city with their discord.
Psalms 55:9 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.