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.
Psalm 7:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, While there is none to deliver. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. Common English Bible Otherwise, they will rip me apart, dragging me off with no chance of rescue. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. |
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.
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?
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.
In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,
They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
But at my stumbling they gathered in glee; they gathered together against me; ruffians whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
“Mark this, then, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.
A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
And of Gad he said, “Blessed be the enlargement of Gad! Like a lion he lives; he tears at arm and scalp.
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.
Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.
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.