Psalm 57:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.

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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.

Psalm 57:4 Cross References

Job 41:14

“Strength resides in his neck; dismay runs before him.

Psalm 10:9

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in a thicket. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the unfortunate one, dragging him away in his net.

Psalm 35:17

My Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages— my solitary existence from the lions.

Psalm 43:3

Send forth Your light and Your truth— let them guide me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to Your dwelling places.

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”

Psalm 55:21

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

Psalm 58:6

not hearing the voice of charmers, or a cunning spell binder.

Psalm 59:7

They return at evening, snarling like a dog, prowling about the city.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,

Proverbs 12:18

Reckless speech is like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose molars are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Revelation 19:15

From His mouth comes a sharp sword—so that with it He may strike down the nations—and He shall rule them with an iron rod, and He treads the winepress of the furious wrath of Elohei-Tzva’ot.

Judges 9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”