² Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

⁸ Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

¹⁰ He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.