Parallel Verses
NET Bible
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.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Holman Bible
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
International Standard Version
Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.
A Conservative Version
lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
American Standard Version
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Amplified
So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
Bible in Basic English
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
Darby Translation
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
Julia Smith Translation
Lest he shall rend my soul as the lion, breaking in pieces and none delivering.
King James 2000
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.
Modern King James verseion
lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.
New Heart English Bible
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
The Emphasized Bible
Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul, - and there be no deliverer to rescue.
Webster
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
World English Bible
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
1 A musical composition by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me! 2 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. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:22
Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
Isaiah 38:13
I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
Deuteronomy 33:20
Of 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.
Judges 18:28
No 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 14:6
Your 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 10:7
although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?
Psalm 10:9
He 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.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
Psalm 22:13
They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
Psalm 35:15
But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
Proverbs 19:12
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Hosea 13:7-8
So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
2 Timothy 4:17
But 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 5:8
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.