He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.
Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.
He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.