Psalms 55:9-16

9Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.

10Day and night they go around on ⌞top of⌟ the city walls. Trouble and misery are everywhere.

11Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

12If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.

13But it is you, my equal, my best friend, one I knew so well!

14We used to talk to each other in complete confidence and walk into God’s house with the festival crowds.

15Let death suddenly take ⌞wicked people⌟! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts.

16But I call on God, and the Lord saves me.