They return in the evening; they growl ¹  like a dog and prowl around outside ²  the city.

They return in the evening; they growl ¹  like a dog and prowl around outside ²  the city.

For wild animals ¹  are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

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

any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

Confuse them, ¹  O Lord! Frustrate their plans! ²  For I see violence and conflict in the city.

The sluggard ¹  says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!” ² 

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.

Her princes ¹  are as fierce as roaring lions; ²  her rulers ³  are as hungry as wolves in the desert, ⁴  who completely devour their prey by morning. ⁵ 

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. ¹  In ²  the middle of the throne ³  and around the throne were four living creatures ⁴  full of eyes in front and in back.

“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “‘You were like a lion ¹  among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your ²  streams.