like a lion eager to rip its prey, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor, drawing them into his net.
They open wide their mouths at me, like a raging and roaring lion.
lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Be sober and watchful, because your adversary the devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.