Psalm 7:2-3
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I
2 Lord my God, in you I trusted;
save me; rescue me from all who pursue me,(A)
3 Lest someone maul me like a lion,
tear my soul apart with no one to deliver.
Psalm 17:12
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12 Like lions eager for prey,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Psalm 35:17
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IV
17 O Lord, how long will you look on?
Restore my soul from their destruction,
my very life from lions!(A)
Psalm 57:5
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5 I must lie down in the midst of lions
hungry for human prey.(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongue, a sharpened sword.(B)
Psalm 58:7
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III
7 O God, smash the teeth in their mouths;
break the fangs of these lions, Lord!(A)
2 Timothy 4:17
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17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.(A)
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