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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 7:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
  5. 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.
  6. Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
  7. Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
  8. Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
  9. Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
  10. Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  11. Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  12. Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
  13. Psalms 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
  14. Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  15. 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.
  16. Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
  17. 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.
  18. 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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