Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par
Psalm 17:12 - Easy To Read Version Those bad people are like lions\par waiting to kill and eat another animal.\par They hide like lions, ready to attack.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places. American Standard Version (1901) He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Common English Bible They are like a lion eager to rip its prey; they are like a strong young lion lying in wait. Catholic Public Domain Version And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. |
Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par
Their mouths are wide open\par like a lion roaring\par and tearing at an animal.\par
If you don’t help me,\par I will be like an animal\par caught by a lion.\par I will be carried away,\par with no one to save me!\par
But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News {\cf2\super [23]} everywhere. The Lord wanted all the non-Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s (enemy’s) mouth.
Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.