Psalm 7:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, While there is none to deliver.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Common English Bible

² Otherwise, they will rip me apart, dragging me off with no chance of rescue.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:

Psalm 7:2 Cross References

Psalm 50:22

“Mark this, then, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.

Isaiah 38:13

I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they gathered in glee; they gathered together against me; ruffians whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Psalm 22:13

they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.

Psalm 17:12

They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Psalm 10:9

they lurk in secret like a lion in its den; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.

Job 10:7

although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?

2 Samuel 14:6

Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Judges 18:28

There was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with Aram. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city and lived in it.

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, “Blessed be the enlargement of Gad! Like a lion he lives; he tears at arm and scalp.

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,

Psalm 16:1

Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

Psalm 31:2

Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from those who work evil; from the bloodthirsty, save me.