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Psalms 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Lest he tear my soul like a lion (comp. , where there is a similar abrupt transition from the plural to the singular number). On both occasions David fears one special enemy—then probably Ahithophel, now Saul.

The simile of the lion is one frequent in the Psalms (see ; ; , ; ; , etc.). Rending it in pieces. As the lion does a sheep. While there is none to deliver.

No human helper, at once willing and able to give deliverance.

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