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

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