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Psalm 57

Psa. 57:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
lions
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
: and I lie
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
even among them that are set on fire
lahat (Hebrew #3857)
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
KJV usage: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
Pronounce: law-hat'
Origin: a primitive root
, even the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, whose teeth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
are spears
chaniyth (Hebrew #2595)
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Pronounce: khan-eeth'
Origin: from 2583
and arrows
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
, and their tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
k a sharp
chad (Hebrew #2299)
sharp
KJV usage: sharp.
Pronounce: khad
Origin: from 2300
sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
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Psa. 52:2• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit. (Psa. 52:2)

More on:

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Arrows,
Fire,
Lion,
Soul; Spirit,
Spears,
Sword,
Tooth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 10:9• 9He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net. (Psa. 10:9)
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Psa. 17:12‑13• 12His likeness [is] as a lion;{HR}He longeth to tear in pieces,{HR}And as a young lion sitting in secret places.
 13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, cause him to bow down;{HR}Deliver my soul from the wicked [man], thy sword: (Psa. 17:12‑13)
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Psa. 22:13‑16• 13They opened their mouth upon me,{HR}[Like] a lion tearing in pieces and roaring.
 14I have been poured out like water,{HR}And all my bones have been separated;{HR}My heart has become like wax,{HR}It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
 15My strength has been dried up like a potsherd,{HR}And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws;{HR}And in the dust of death thou settest me.
 16For dogs have surrounded me,{HR}The congregation of evil-doers have encompassed me,{HR}Piercing my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:13‑16)
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Psa. 35:17• 17O Lord, how long wilt thou behold?{HR}Restore my soul from their destructions,{HR}Mine only one from the young lions. (Psa. 35:17)
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Psa. 58:6• 6O God, destroy their teeth in their mouth;{HR}Shatter the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. (Psa. 58:6)
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Prov. 28:15• 15{i}A roaring lion, and a ranging bear,{HR}Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.{/i} (Prov. 28:15)
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Dan. 6:22‑24• 22{i}My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.{/i}
 23{i}Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.{/i}
 24{i}And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces ere they came to the bottom of the den.{/i} (Dan. 6:22‑24)
set.
Judg. 9:20• 20{i}but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.{/i} (Judg. 9:20)
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James 3:6• 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna. (James 3:6)
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Psa. 58:6• 6O God, destroy their teeth in their mouth;{HR}Shatter the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. (Psa. 58:6)
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John 4:10‑11• 10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
 11The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water? (John 4:10‑11)
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Prov. 30:14• 14—{i}A generation whose teeth are swords,{HR}And their jaw-teeth knives,{HR}To devour the afflicted from off the earth,{HR}And the needy from [among] men.{/i} (Prov. 30:14)
tongue.
Psa. 52:2• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit. (Psa. 52:2)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth as butter was his mouth,{HR}And war his heart;{HR}His words were softer than oil,{HR}And [yet] they are drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
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Psa. 64:3• 3Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word, (Psa. 64:3)
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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword;{HR}But the tongue of the wise [is] health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour{HR}[Is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Prov. 25:18)
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Rev. 19:15• 15And out of his mouth proceeded a [two-edged] sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with an iron rod: and he treadeth the winepress of the wine of the indignation of the wrath of God the Almighty. (Rev. 19:15)
• The sons of men who gnash upon him with rage and malice. (“Psalm 57” by H. Smith)
• Still feeling the oppression from those who seek their lives (vs. 4-6). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of menh, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

JND Translation Notes

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Adam.

W. Kelly Translation

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My soul [is] in the midst of lions;{HR}I will lie down with those on fire, the sons of men,{HR}Their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.