He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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.
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.