He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion: And again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.