Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar! Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace.

and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),


“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

God brings him out of Egypt,
He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.
He will devour the nations who are his adversaries,
And will crush their bones in pieces,
And shatter them with his arrows.

I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.

I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For You will make them turn their back;
You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.


Your arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.


Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Send out Your arrows and confuse them.

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

When I send against them the deadly arrows of famine which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread.

Sun and moon stood in their places;
They went away at the light of Your arrows,
At the radiance of Your gleaming spear.


For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;
What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

My enemies have reproached me all day long;
Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. read more.
Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.

"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say, "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. "The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."


My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.


My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.


My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,



My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.