He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;
And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;
he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert; he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.
he led me off my way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go away, I will carry off, and none shall rescue.
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up.