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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 in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects 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 reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. (Isa. 38:13)
like.
Psa. 10:9• 9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. (Psa. 10:9)
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Psa. 17:12• 12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Psa. 22:13• 13They gaped upon me with their mouths, 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: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. (Deut. 33:20)
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Prov. 19:12• 12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass. (Prov. 19:12)
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2 Tim. 4:17• 17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. (2 Tim. 4:17)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)
rending.
Psa. 50:22• 22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. (Psa. 50:22)
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Hos. 13:7‑8• 7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
 8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. (Hos. 13:7‑8)
while.
Judg. 18:28• 28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. (Judg. 18:28)
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2 Sam. 14:6• 6And thy handmaid 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• 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine 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.