They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.