Verse 2

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path. 8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, 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 and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Deut 33:20 : 20 Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
  • Judg 18:28 : 28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.
  • 2 Sam 14:6 : 6 Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 22:13 : 13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
  • Ps 35:15 : 15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.