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 have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me! Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me. 3O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions, 4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless 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 when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
• Isaiah 38:13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
• Psalms 10:9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
• Psalms 22:13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
• Deuteronomy 33:20Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm – indeed, a scalp.
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
• Psalms 50:22Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
• Hosea 13:7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
• Judges 18:28No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.
• 2 Samuel 14:6Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.
• Job 10:7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of 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