He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.
For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.
He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
I place Him before me until morning, that, as a lion, so He breaks all my bones; from day even until night You make an end of me.
He has turned my ways aside and torn me in pieces. He made me desolate.
He walled up my ways with cut stone; my paths are crooked.
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Come and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us; He has stricken, and He will bind us up.