Psalms 17:12

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psalms 17:12 — American Standard Version

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Context — Psalms 17

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9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form. Psalm 18 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,

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