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They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket,
    hide there to trap the poor,
    snare them and close the net.(A)

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    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(A)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(B)

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14 They open their mouths against me,
    lions that rend and roar.(A)

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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22 Save me from the lion’s mouth,
    my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.(A)

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22 I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly(A) I will praise you.(B)

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IV

17 O Lord, how long will you look on?
    Restore my soul from their destruction,
    my very life from lions!(A)

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17 How long,(A) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life(B) from these lions.(C)

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III

O God, smash the teeth in their mouths;
    break the fangs of these lions, Lord!(A)

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Let them vanish like water that flows away;(A)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(B)

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10 Though the lion[a] roars, though the king of beasts cries out,
    yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10 The lion: used figuratively here for the violent, rapacious sinner who cannot prevail against God.

10 The lions may roar(A) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions(B) are broken.(C)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(D)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(E)

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