or else like a lion they will carry me off where no one can save me, and there they will tear me to pieces.
Sir, I had two sons, and one day they got into a quarrel out in the fields, where there was no one to separate them, and one of them killed the other.
You know that I am not guilty, that no one can save me from you.
they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.
I trust in the Lord for safety. How foolish of you to say to me, “Fly away like a bird to the mountains,
Protect me, O God; I trust in you for safety.
They are like lions, waiting for me, wanting to tear me to pieces.
They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.
Hear me! Save me now! Be my refuge to protect me; my defense to save me.
But when I was in trouble, they were all glad and gathered around to make fun of me; strangers beat me and kept striking me.
“Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.
Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers!
The king's anger is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like welcome rain.
All night I cried out with pain, As if a lion were breaking my bones. I thought that God was ending my life.
About the tribe of Gad he said: “Praise God, who made their territory large. Gad waits like a lion To tear off an arm or a scalp.
But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength, so that I was able to proclaim the full message for all the Gentiles to hear; and I was rescued from being sentenced to death.
Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.