A moment in scripture
Psalms 55:9
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Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- Psalms 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
- Psalms 55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
- Psalms 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.