Psalm 55:9-19

World English Bible

⁹ Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,
    for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
    Malice and abuse are also within her.
¹¹ Destructive forces are within her.
    Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.
¹² For it was not an enemy who insulted me,
    then I could have endured it.
Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,
    then I would have hidden myself from him.
¹³ But it was you, a man like me,
    my companion, and my familiar friend.
¹⁴ We took sweet fellowship together.
    We walked in God’s house with company.
¹⁵ Let death come suddenly on them.
    Let them go down alive into Sheol.^[a]
    For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.
¹⁶ As for me, I will call on God.
    Yahweh will save me.
¹⁷ Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
    He will hear my voice.
¹⁸ He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
    although there are many who oppose me.
¹⁹ God, who is enthroned forever,
    will hear and answer them. Selah.