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Psalms 7:2

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

KJV

Domine Deus meus, in te speravi ; salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me :

Vulgate

Κύριε ὁ θεός μου, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα· σῶσόν με ἐκ πάντων τῶν διωκόντων με καὶ ῥῦσαί με,

LXX

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

ASV

יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַ/י בְּ/ךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥/נִי מִ/כָּל רֹ֝דְפַ֗/י וְ/הַצִּילֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָסִ֑יתִי
chsyty
verb · 35×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 144×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • 2Sam 14:6 — And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
  • 2Tim 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  • Deut 33:20 — And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
  • Hos 5:14 — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Hos 13:7 — Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
  • Isa 38:13 — I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
  • Job 10:7 — Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
  • Judg 18:28 — And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
  • Judg 18:28 — And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
  • Lam 5:8 — Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
  • Prov 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
  • Ps 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
  • Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  • Ps 35:15 — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
  • Ps 35:15 — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
  • Ps 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Ps 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Ps 71:11 — Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.