Psalms 7:2

Psalms 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
• New International Version (NIV)or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Context of Psalms 7:2

1O Lord my God, in You I take refuge; Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me, So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion, Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me]. 3O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, 4If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,

Psalms 7:2 word by word

פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lest he tearטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• like a lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• in piecesפָּרַקpâraq · to tearH6561
• none to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337

Cross-references for Psalms 7:2

• Psalms 35:15But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me; They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
• Isaiah 38:13I lay down until morning. Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones; From day until night You bring me to an end.
• Psalms 10:9He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey], And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
• Psalms 22:13They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
• Deuteronomy 33:20Of Gad he said, “Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad; He lurks like a lioness, And tears the arm and the crown of the head.
• Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath terrifies like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is as [refreshing and nourishing as] dew on the grass.
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened and empowered me, so that through me the [gospel] message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.
• Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
• Hosea 13:7So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will watch and lie in wait [ready to attack] by the road [to Assyria].
• Judges 18:28And there was no one to rescue them because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley which belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
• 2 Samuel 14:6Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
• Job 10:7Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked, Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.

Commentaries on Psalms 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion - These words seem to answer well to Saul. As the lion is king in the forest; so was Saul king over the land. As the lion, in his fierceness, seizes at once, and tears his prey in pieces; so David expected to be seized and suddenly destroyed by Saul. He had already, in his rage, thrown his javelin at him, intending to have pierced him to the wall with it. As from the power of the lion no beast in the forest could deliver…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lest he - Lest “Cush” should do this. See the title, and the introduction to the psalm, Section 2. Tear my soul like a lion - Tear or rend my “life” - that is, “me” - like a lion. The word rendered “soul” here - נפשׁ nephesh - refers, as it properly does elsewhere, to the “life,” and not to the soul, as we use the term, denoting the thinking, immortal part. The simple idea is, that David was apprehensive of his “life,” and, in order to indicate his great…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Like a lion, a wicked enemy relentlessly and violently pursues its prey (Psalms 10:9; 17:12; 22:13, 21; 35:17; 57:4), but God promises victory (91:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-2. Though many enemies set upon him, one is singled out as prominent, and compared to a wild beast tearing his prey to pieces (compare 1Sa 20:1; 23:23; 26:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 7:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Lion

In the dictionaries

• Angry
• Bend
• Cush
• Mindful
• Psalms
• Shiggaion
• Cush (2)
• Cushi
• Lion
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary