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Psalm 7

Psa. 7:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Lest he tear
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
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
like a lion
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
, rending it in pieces
paraq (Hebrew #6561)
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
KJV usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Pronounce: paw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
, while there is θnone to deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
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not a deliverer.

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Lion,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Lest.
Psa. 35:15• 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: (Psa. 35:15)
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Isa. 38:13• 13I kept still until the morning; … as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me. (Isa. 38:13)
like.
Psa. 10:9• 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. (Psa. 10:9)
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Psa. 17:12• 12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Psa. 22:13• 13They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion. (Psa. 22:13)
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Deut. 33:20• 20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head. (Deut. 33:20)
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Prov. 19:12• 12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. (Prov. 19:12)
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2 Tim. 4:17• 17But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth. (2 Tim. 4:17)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour. (1 Peter 5:8)
rending.
Psa. 50:22• 22Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer. (Psa. 50:22)
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Hos. 13:7‑8• 7And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
 8I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them. (Hos. 13:7‑8)
while.
Judg. 18:28• 28And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with any man; and it lay in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein. (Judg. 18:28)
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2 Sam. 14:6• 6And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him. (2 Sam. 14:6)
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2 Sam. 14•  (2 Sam. 14)
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Job 10:7• 7Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand? (Job 10:7)
not to deliver.
Heb. not a deliverer.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.