⁹ he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

¹² They are^[a] like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.^(A)

¹³ They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.^(A)

²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion!^(A)
You have rescued^[a] me
from the horns of the wild oxen.