Psalm 7:1–2
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7:1O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter.1
Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
7:2Otherwise they will rip2 me3 to shreds like a lion;
they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.4
Footnotes
- 1 The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results.
- 2 The verb is singular in the Hebrew text, even though “all who chase me” in v. 1 refers to a whole group of enemies. The singular is also used in vv. 4–5, but the psalmist returns to the plural in v. 6. The singular is probably collective, emphasizing the united front that the psalmist’s enemies present. This same alternation between a collective singular and a plural referring to enemies appears in Pss 9:3, 6; 13:4; 31:4, 8; 41:6, 10–11; 42:9–10; 55:3; 64:1–2; 74:3–4; 89:22–23; 106:10–11; 143:3, 6, 9.
- 3 Heb “my life.” The pronominal suffix attached to נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) is equivalent to a personal pronoun. See Ps 6:3.
- 4 Heb “tearing and there is no one rescuing.” The verbal form translated “tearing” is a singular active participle.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,
or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge.
Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me.
Or else he will tear me apart like a lion,
ripping to pieces, with none to deliver.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust:
Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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