Psalms 57:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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  • Ps 58:6 : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 35:17 : 17 Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
  • Ps 17:12-13 : 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
  • Ps 22:13-16 : 13 They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me: because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, have I done no harm. 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found upon him because he believed in his God. 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
  • John 4:10-11 : 10 Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. 11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: where then do you get that living water?
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

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    16For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

  • Ps 35:17
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    5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.

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    3For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

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    3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who persecute me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

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  • Ps 22:20
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    20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

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    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

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    6For a nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.

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    9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

    10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.