Psalm 7:2 “or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no o…”

Psalm 7:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Least he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.

Darby Translation

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

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Cross references

“Lest”

Isaiah 38:13 Psalm 35:15

Isaiah 38:13 · BSB

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

Psalm 35:15 · BSB

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

“like”

2 Timothy 4:17 1 Peter 5:8 Deuteronomy 33:20 Psalm 10:9 Psalm 17:12 Psalm 22:13

2 Timothy 4:17 · BSB

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.

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 33:20 · BSB

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.

Psalm 10:9 · BSB

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

Psalm 17:12 · BSB

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Psalm 22:13 · BSB

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

“rending”

Psalm 50:22 Hosea 13:7 Hosea 13:8

Psalm 50:22 · BSB

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

Hosea 13:7 · BSB

So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Hosea 13:8 · BSB

Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

“while”

Judges 18:28 2 Samuel 14:6 Job 10:7

Judges 18:28 · BSB

There 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 14:6 · BSB

And 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 10:7 · BSB

though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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