Psalm 10:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in a thicket. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the unfortunate one, dragging him away in his net.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He lurks in secret places like a lion in his thicket; he lies in wait that he may seize the poor (the helpless and the unfortunate); he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Common English Bible

⁹ They lie in ambush in secret places, like a lion in its lair. They lie in ambush so they can seize those who suffer! They seize the poor, all right, dragging them off in their nets.

Psalm 10:9 Cross References

Job 38:40

when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

Psalm 12:5

They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”

Psalm 140:5

Keep me safe, Adonai, from the clutches of the wicked. Protect me from the man of violence who planned to push me off my feet.

Psalm 17:12

like a lion eager to tear to pieces, like a young lion crouching in cover.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say: “Adonai, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor and needy from one who robs him?”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.

Psalm 59:3

Deliver me from workers of iniquity. Rescue me from bloodthirsty men.

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 22:16

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the face of the poor?” says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.

Isaiah 32:7

The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are wicked men, watching like bait-layers lying in wait. They set a trap—they catch men.

Lamentations 3:10

He is a lurking bear to me, a lion in hiding.

Ezekiel 22:29

“The people of the land have oppressively blackmailed, plundered in robbery, wronged the poor and needy and abused the outsider unjustly.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has taken prey?

Micah 7:2

The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.

Habakkuk 1:15

He brings up all with hook in jaw, drags away in his dragnet, or gathers with his fishing-net. Therefore he rejoices with glee.

Habakkuk 3:14

You have pierced his chief rulers with his own staff— They stormed in to scatter me. Their exultation is like devouring the weak in secret.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed! Listen to the roaring of young lions, for Jordan’s thickets are ruined!

John 10:12

The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the wolf snatches and scatters the sheep.

Acts 23:21

But do not give in to them, for more than forty of them have bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now, they are ready and waiting for your consent.”