Who shall open the doors of his face, with his frightening teeth all around?
Psalm 57:4 - The Scriptures 1998 My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My soul is among lions: And I lie even among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame–the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords. American Standard Version (1901) My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword. Common English Bible My life is in the middle of a pack of lions. I lie down among those who devour humans. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongues are sharpened swords. Catholic Public Domain Version Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things. |
Who shall open the doors of his face, with his frightening teeth all around?
He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.
יהוה, how long would You look on? Rescue my being from their destructions, My only life from the lions.
Send forth Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me, Let them bring me to Your set-apart mountain And to Your dwelling places.
His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.
O Elohim, break their teeth in their mouth! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O יהוה!
See, they belch out with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For who is listening?
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, a bitter word,
Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.
A man bearing false witness against his neighbour Is like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow.
A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.
And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations. And He shall shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Ě