I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”(A)

Lord, confuse[a] and confound their speech,[b](B)
for I see violence and strife in the city;
10 day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:9 Or destroy
  2. 55:9 Lit and divide their tongue

I would hurry to my place of shelter,(A)
    far from the tempest and storm.(B)

Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(C)
    for I see violence and strife(D) in the city.(E)
10 Day and night they prowl(F) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.

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