Psalms 57:4

David lies among lion-like enemies whose teeth and tongues are weapons. It vividly portrays the deadly hostility surrounding him.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
• Prov 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
• Ps 35:17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
• Ps 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Prov 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Ps 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• John 4:10–11Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
• Dan 6:22–24My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
• Judg 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
• Prov 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Prov 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
• Jas 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• Ps 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Ps 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Ps 17:12–13like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
• Ps 22:13–16They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
• Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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