King James Version
Psalms 7:2 in the King James Version says “Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. none: Heb. not a deliverer” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. none: Heb. not a deliverer”
Psalms 7:2 · KJV
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite . O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: words: or, business
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. none: Heb. not a deliverer
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lest he tear”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“while there is none to deliver”
H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
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