⁹     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)

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.

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

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

⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(A)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(B)

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)