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

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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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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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III

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

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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.