Psalms 55:9

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Psalms 55:9


← Psalms 55:8 Psalms 55:9 (KJV) Psalms 55:10 →
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

DestroyH1104, O LordH136, and divideH6385 their tonguesH3956: for I have seenH7200 violenceH2555 and strifeH7379 in the cityH5892.


Original Hebrew

בַּלַּע אֲדֹנָי פַּלַּג לְשֹׁונָם כִּי־רָאִיתִי חָמָס וְרִיב בָּעִיר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בַּלַּ֣ע
ba.La' H1104 HVpv2ms confuse
אֲ֭דֹנָ/י
'A.do.nai H136 HNcmpc/Sp1cs O Lord
פַּלַּ֣ג
pa.Lag H6385 HVpv2ms divide
לְשׁוֹנָ֑/ם
le.sho.Na/m H3956 HNcbsc/Sp3mp tongue/ their
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
רָאִ֨יתִי
ra.'I.ti H7200 HVqp1cs I have seen
חָמָ֖ס
cha.Mas H2555 HNcmsa violence
וְ/רִ֣יב
ve./Riv H7379 HC/Ncbsa and/ strife
בָּ/עִֽיר
ba./'Ir H5892 HRd/Ncfsa in the/ city
Strong's References
  • H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn) H113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
  • H1104 — בָּלַע (bâlaʻ, baw-lah'): a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy; cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
  • H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס (châmaç) H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
  • H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן (lâshôn); also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה (lᵉshônâh); from לָשַׁן (lâshan) H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  • H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר (ʻâr); or עָיַר (ʻâyar); (Judges 10:4), from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5782; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
  • H6385 — פָּלַג (pâlag, paw-lag'): a primitive root; to split (literally or figuratively); divide.
  • H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
  • H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב (rib); from רִיב (rîyb) H7378; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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