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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 17, Verse 12

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11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
King James Version
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
American Standard Version
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
New English Translation
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
World English Bible
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
14
From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2
The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
3
I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.