He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
And were my head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me.
He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked.
he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;