Psalms 55:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Destroy, O Lord, and divide Destroy them by dividing their tongues Their speech, as thou didst at Babel, (Genesis 11.,) their votes, and opinions, and counsels. Which was eminently done among Absalom's followers, 2 Samuel 17. I have seen violence and strife Injustice and fraud, oppression and contention rule there, instead of that public justice and peace which I established. In the city In Jerusalem, which in Absalom's time was a sink of all sins. And this circumstance is mentioned as an aggravation of their wickedness, that it was committed in that city where the throne and seat of public justice were settled; and where God was in a special manner present, and worshipped, and where they had great opportunities both for the knowledge and practice of their several duties.