He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? ¹  Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Proud beasts ¹  have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

A king’s wrath is like ¹  the roar of a lion, ²  but his favor is like dew on the grass. ³ 

The sluggard says, “There is a lion ¹  outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!” ² 

Like ¹  a roaring lion or a roving bear, ²  so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. ³ 

But whoever is among ¹  the living ²  has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

ד (Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, ¹  like a hidden lion ²  stalking its prey. ³ 

So ¹  I will pounce on them like a lion; ²  like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

A lion has roared! ¹  Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy? ² 

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, ¹  gained what was promised, ²  shut the mouths of lions,

They ¹  had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.

So the prophet ¹  said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

They ¹  open their mouths to devour me ²  like a roaring lion that rips its prey. ³ 

O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!

Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey ¹  and there is no one to stop it. ² 

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

For a nation ¹  has invaded ²  our ³  land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. ⁴  Their teeth are like those ⁵  of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness. ⁶