Psalms 7:2
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
In Context
1Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
3Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
Cross References
Psalms 10:9Like a lion that lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.
Psalms 16:1Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
Psalms 22:13who face me with gaping jaws, like ravening roaring lions.
Psalms 35:15When I stumbled, they gleefully gathered, strangers gathered around me, and tore at me without ceasing,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:2-10
David Prays Against His Enemies; Prayer for Sinners and Saints. 1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread… Read the whole commentary →