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Psalm 57:4

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4jMy soul is kamong lions:

And I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men,

Whose lteeth are spears and arrows,

And mtheir tongue na sharp sword.

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Footnotes

  1. jPs. 105:18 marg.
  2. kComp. Job 4:10, 11.
  3. lSo Prov. 30:14.
  4. mPs. 55:21. & 59:7. & 64:3. & 120:4 marg. Prov. 12:18. So Jer. 9:8. See Ps. 52:2.

Cross references

  1. nProv. 5:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My soul is in the midst of lions;

I lie down amid fiery beasts—

the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am in the midst of lions;

I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—

men whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am surrounded by lions;

I lie down among devouring lions—

people whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am surrounded by fierce lions

who greedily devour human prey—

whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,

and whose tongues cut like swords.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My soul is among lions.

I lie down among those who devour—

the children of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows

and whose tongues are sharp swords.