The source
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
⛓ Read Psalm 7 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Echo2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
1 Pet 5:5-11 ?
'Lest like a lion they tear my soul apart' adds to the stock of lament psalms portraying the enemy as a devouring lion behind 5:8.
Low confidence2 Tim 4:14-18 ?
The plea lest the enemy 'tear my soul like a lion' contributes to the stock image of the lion as deadly adversary from which the righteous is delivered. A supporting psalmic source for the lion-of-the-mouth rescue motif.
Low confidence