² Lord my God, in you I trusted;
    save me; rescue me from all who pursue me,^(A)
3 Lest someone maul me like a lion,
    tear my soul apart with no one to deliver.

¹² Like lions eager for prey,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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

⁵ I must lie down in the midst of lions
    hungry for human prey.^(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
    their tongue, a sharpened sword.^(B)

⁷ O God, smash the teeth in their mouths;
    break the fangs of these lions, Lord!^(A)