He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in (A)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
    he lurks in ambush like (B)a lion in his (C)thicket;
he (D)lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (E)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.

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