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Psalms 7:2

FearProtection and safety

1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

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BSB
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
KJV
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
WEB
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
ASV
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
DARBY
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
BLB
lest they tear my soul like a lion, tearing apart, and there is no one snatching me up.
ÅB
for at ikke fienden skal rive sjelen min i filler som en løve;
rive i stykker, uten at noen redder meg!
OTB
Ellers vil han rive min sjel som en løve,
Dra meg bort, mens det ikke er noen som redder.
B1930
forat ikke fienden skal sønderrive min sjel som en løve, sønderbryte, og det er ingen som redder!

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Cross references

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

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  • 2 Timothy 4:17

    But 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.

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  • Isaiah 38:13

    I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

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  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:20

    Concerning 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.

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  • Psalms 35:15

    But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

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  • Psalms 10:9

    He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

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  • Proverbs 19:12

    A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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