9
(a)Confuse, O Lord, (A)divide their tongues,
For I have seen (B)violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
11
(C)Destruction is in her midst;
(D)Oppression and deceit do not depart from her (b)streets.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 55:9: ['Lit ', Swallow up]
b. Psalm 55:11: ['Or ', plaza]

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