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Psalms 10:9

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

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ASV

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

KJV

He 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.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יֶאֱרֹ֬בye.'e.Rohe lies in waitH693 →
בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר׀ba.mis.Tarin <the> hiding placeH4565 →
כְּאַרְיֵ֬הke.'ar.Yehlike a lionH738 →
בְסֻכֹּ֗הve.su.Kohin lair itsH5520 →
יֶ֭אֱרֹבye.'e.rohe lies in waitH693 →
לַחֲט֣וֹףla.cha.Tofto seizeH2414 →
עָנִ֑י'a.Ni[the] afflictedH6041 →
יַחְטֹ֥ףyach.Tofhe seizesH2414 →
עָ֝נִ֗י'a.Ni[the] afflictedH6041 →
בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹbe.ma.she.Khowhen drags [him] away heH4900 →
בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ve.rish.Toin net hisH7568 →

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Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Psalms 83:3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”Daniel 6:7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.Proverbs 12:12The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.Daniel 6:11Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.Nahum 2:11–12Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?John 10:12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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