Psalm 57:4 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁴ My soul among fierce lions is, I firebrands live among, Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts, a sharp sword is their tongue.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

Psalm 57:4 Cross References

Psalm 10:9

He, lion-like, lurks in his den; he waits the poor to take; And when he draws him in his net, his prey he doth him make.

Psalm 35:17

How long, Lord, look'st thou on? from those destructions they intend Rescue my soul, from lions young my darling do defend.

Psalm 43:3

O send thy light forth and thy truth; let them be guides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, ev'n where thy dwellings be.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue mischievous calumnies deviseth subtilely, Like to a razor sharp to cut, working deceitfully.

Psalm 55:21

More smooth than butter were his words, while in his heart was war; His speeches were more soft than oil, and yet drawn swords they are.

Psalm 58:6

Their teeth, O God, within their mouth break thou in pieces small; The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, of these young lions all.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth, and in their lips are swords: For they do say thus, Who is he that now doth hear our words?

Psalm 64:3

Who do their tongues with malice whet, and make them cut like swords; In whose bent bows are arrows set, ev'n sharp and bitter words: