He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.
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.
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.
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 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.
For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.
their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
He walled up my ways with cut stone; my paths are crooked.
He has turned my ways aside and torn me in pieces. He made me desolate.