Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 17 connects to 5 cross-references. A prayer of David appealing for vindication against evildoers who pursue him, calling on God to test his heart and examine his ways at night. He asks to be kept as the apple of God's eye and hidden under the …
Other Translations
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
Cross References
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he …
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that …
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: