Psalm 57:4

The Message

I find myself in a pride of lions who are wild for a taste of human flesh; Their teeth are lances and arrows, their tongues are sharp daggers.

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

They mark the luckless, then wait like a hunter in a blind; When the poor wretch wanders too close, they stab him in the back.

Psalm 35:17

God, how long are you going to stand there doing nothing? Save me from their brutalities; everything I’ve got is being thrown to the lions. I will give you full credit when everyone gathers for worship; When the people turn out in force I will say my Hallelujahs.

Psalm 43:3

Give me your lantern and compass, give me a map, So I can find my way to the sacred mountain, to the place of your presence, To enter the place of worship, meet my exuberant God, Sing my thanks with a harp, magnificent God, my God.

Psalm 58:6

God, smash their teeth to bits, leave them toothless tigers. Let their lives be buckets of water spilled, all that’s left, a damp stain in the sand. Let them be trampled grass worn smooth by the traffic. Let them dissolve into snail slime, be a miscarried fetus that never sees sunlight. Before what they cook up is half-done, God, throw it out with the garbage!

Proverbs 12:18

Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.

Proverbs 25:18

Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.

Proverbs 28:15

Lions roar and bears charge— and the wicked lord it over the poor.

Proverbs 30:14

Don’t be greedy, merciless and cruel as wolves, Tearing into the poor and feasting on them, shredding the needy to pieces only to discard them.