the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Psalms 17:12
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They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
They are like lions ready to kill; like lions, they sit in hiding.
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey], And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
They are like hungry lions hunting for food, or like young lions hiding in ambush.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
They are like lions eager to tear the prey, like young lions crouching in ambush.
He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
Like hungry lions, they want to kill and eat. Like young lions, they hide, ready to attack.
He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Like as a lyon that is greedie of his pray, and as it were a yong lyon lurking in secret places.
He is like a hungry lion, like a young lion hiding and waiting.
They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.
They are like a lion that is eager to prey, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
They are like lions, waiting for me, wanting to tear me to pieces.
His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places.
(16-12) They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly [which is] thy sworde.
They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.
They are like a lion eager to tear,like a young lion lurking in ambush.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
He is like a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.
like a lion who longs to tear, and like a young lion sitting in hidden dens.
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray, & as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne.
He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.
As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
He is like a lion that is eager to tear,And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Like: etc. Heb. The likeness of him - that is, of every one of them is as a lion that desireth to ravin, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 22:13, 2 Timothy 4:17, 1 Peter 5:8
lurking: Heb. sitting
Reciprocal: Numbers 23:24 - as a great Psalms 10:9 - He lieth Psalms 57:4 - among Psalms 58:6 - young Proverbs 1:11 - let us lurk Lamentations 3:10 - in secret Nahum 2:12 - and filled
Cross-References
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus , which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey,.... Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" i; meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of them that compassed them about, as Aben Ezra observes; sometimes wicked and persecuting princes are compared to lions, for their strength and cruelty; see Proverbs 28:15; so the devil is called a roaring lion, 1 Peter 5:8; and the antichristian beast is said to have the mouth of a lion, Revelation 13:2;
and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places; to leap upon its prey, and seize it at once, as it has opportunity; this denotes the secret and insidious method which the enemies of Christ take to do mischief; see Psalms 10:9.
i דמיונו כאריה "similitudo ejus, vel cujusque est tanquam leonis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius so Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Like as a lion - Margin, “The likeness of him” (that is, “of every one of them”) is “as a lion that desireth to ravin.” The meaning is plain. They were like a lion intent on securing his prey. They watched the object narrowly; they were ready to spring upon it.
That is greedy of his prey - “He is craving to tear.” Prof. Alexander. - The Hebrew word rendered “is greedy,” means “to pine, to long after, to desire greatly.” The Hebrew word rendered “of his prey,” is a verb, meaning “to pluck, to tear, to rend in pieces.” The reference is to the lion that desires to seize his victim, and to rend it in pieces to devour it.
And, as it were, a young lion - Hebrew, “And like a young lion.”
Lurking in secret places - Margin, as in Hebrew, “sitting.” The allusion is to the lion crouching, or lying in wait for a favorable opportunity to pounce upon his prey. See the notes at Psalms 10:8-10. There is no special emphasis to be affixed to the fact that the “lion” is alluded to in one member of this verse, and the “young lion” in the other. It is in accordance with the custom of parallelism in Hebrew poetry where the same idea, with some little variation, is expressed in both members of the sentence. See the introduction to Job, Section 5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 17:12. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey — I believe the word lion is here used to express Saul in his strength, kingly power, and fierce rapacity. See the observations at the end of the Psalm. Psalms 17:15.
