Psalms 7:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי מִכָּל־רֹ֝דְפַ֗י וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

YHWH ʾĕlōhay in-you ḥāsîtî hôshîʿēnî from-all-rōdəpay wəhaṣṣîlēnî

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾĕlōhay*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*bəḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in you
*ḥāsîtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have taken refuge
*hôshîʿēnî*: verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - save me
*mikkāl-rōdəpay*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - from all my pursuers
*wəhaṣṣîlēnî*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and deliver me

Word Meanings

*ḥāsîtî*: taken refuge/sought protection/trusted
*hôshîʿēnî*: save me/rescue me/help me
*rōdəpay*: pursuers/persecutors/those who chase me
*haṣṣîlēnî*: deliver me/rescue me/save me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 38:13 : 13 I 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.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I 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.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstanding 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.
1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Deut 33:20 : 20 And 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.
Judg 18:28 : 28 And 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 Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
2 Sam 14:6 : 6 And 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.
Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Ps 10:9 : 9 He 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.
Ps 17:12 : 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Ps 22:13 : 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 35:15 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:

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