Revised Version 1895

Psalms 55:9-16

9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10Day and night they go aboutuponרָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiH7200the walls thereof: iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

11Wickednessוְאָ֖וֶןve.'A.venH205is in themidstH7130thereof: oppression and guile depart not fromherעַל־'al-H5921streets.

12For it wasnotH3808an enemy that reproachedmeH3808; then I could have borne it:neitherH3808was it he that hatedmeH3808thatdidH3808magnifyhimselfH3808againstmeH3808; then I would have hid myself from him:

13But it was thou, a manmineמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.

14Wetookוּמְיֻדָּֽעִי׃u.me.yu.Da.'iH3045sweet counsel together, we walked in the house of God with the throng.

15LetH1980deathcomeH1980suddenly upon them,letH1980themgoH1980downH1980aliveintoH1980the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

16As formeH5921, I will calluponH5921God; and the LORD shall savemeH5921.

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