Psalms 7:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.”
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“or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 7:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 33:20Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- Judges 18:28There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- 2 Samuel 14:6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
- Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
- Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Psalms 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
- Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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