⁷ His mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression.^[a]
    Beneath his tongue lie trouble and wickedness.
⁸ He hides in the shadows of the villages,
    waiting to ambush and kill the innocent in dark corners.
He eyes the weak and the poor.

⁹ Ominously, like a lion in its lair,
    he lurks in secret to waylay those who are downtrodden.
When he catches them, he draws them in and drags them off with his net.