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Psalms 55:9

NETBible	Confuse them,¹ O Lord! Frustrate their plans!² For I see violence and conflict in the city.
NIV © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Destroy them, Lord, and confuse their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Come down hard, Lord--slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 55:9	Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 55:9	Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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KJV	Destroy <01104> (8761)_, O Lord <0136>_, [and] divide <06385> (8761) their tongues <03956>_: for I have seen <07200> (8804) violence <02555> and strife <07379> in the city <05892>_.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 55:9	Confuse <01104> , O Lord <0136> , divide <06385> their tongues <03956> , For I have seen <07200> violence <02555> and strife <07379> in the city <05892> .
LXXM	(54:10) katapontison <2670> V-AAD-2S kurie <2962> N-VSM kai <2532> CONJ katadiele {V-AAD-2S} tav <3588> T-APF glwssav <1100> N-APF autwn <846> D-GPM oti <3754> CONJ eidon <3708> V-AAI-1S anomian <458> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ antilogian <485> N-ASF en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF polei <4172> N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL	Confuse <01104> them, O Lord <0136> ! Frustrate <06385> their plans <03956> ! For <03588> I see <07200> violence <02555> and conflict <07379> in the city <05892> .
HEBREW	ryeb <05892> byrw <07379> omx <02555> ytyar <07200> yk <03588> Mnwsl <03956> glp <06385> ynda <0136> elb <01104> (55:9) <55:10>

NETBible

Confuse them,¹ O Lord! Frustrate their plans!² For I see violence and conflict in the city.

NET Notes

¹tn Traditionally בַּלַּע (bala’) has been taken to mean “swallow” in the sense of “devour” or “destroy” (cf. KJV), but this may be a homonym meaning “confuse” (see BDB 118 s.v. בַּלַּע; HALOT 135 s.v. III *בֶּלַע). “Their tongue” is the understood object of the verb (see the next line).

²tn Heb “split their tongue,” which apparently means “confuse their speech,” or, more paraphrastically, “frustrate the plans they devise with their tongues.”