lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (7-3) Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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Cross-references (14)

Passages linked to Psalms 7:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 50:22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
  • Isaiah 38:13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
  • 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  • 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Deuteronomy 33:20 About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.
  • Psalms 35:15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
  • Judges 18:28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
  • 2 Samuel 14:6 Your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
  • Job 10:7 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
  • Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
  • Psalms 17:12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Psalms 22:13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
  • Proverbs 19:12 The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Hosea 13:7-8 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path. I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He desireth God to deliver him from the rage…

He desireth God to deliver him from the rage of cruel Saul.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Lest he, i.e. mine enemy, as it is expressed,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Lest he tear my soul like a lion,.... That…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lest - Mine enemy. Tear - Out of my…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Lest he tear my soul like a…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 7:2. Lest he — That is, mine enemy,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Lest he - Lest “Cush” should do this. See…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Tear… rending—Different words of kindred import, describing the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. His enemies are many, but one is conspicuous…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Lest he tear.—The poet turns from the thought…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Lest he tear my soul like a lion. (comp.…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain While there is none to deliver.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:2 Like a lion, a wicked enemy relentlessly and…

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