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Psalms 10:9

WEB

9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

KJV

9He lieth in wait[+] secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

BSB

9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

FBV

9They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.

Extra References

Psalms 17:12

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

Psalms 59:3

3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.

Micah 7:2

2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

Psalms 35:10

10All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

Proverbs 28:15

15As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Lamentations 3:10

10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

Amos 5:11-12

11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 12For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

Psalms 12:5

5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

John 10:12

12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

Psalms 140:5

5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.