Confuse them, ¹  O Lord! Frustrate their plans! ²  For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Come, let’s go down and confuse ¹  their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” ² 

The Egyptians will panic, ¹  and I will confuse their strategy. ²  They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians. ³