Psalms 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 17:12

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

BSB

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ASV

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

KJV

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Exposition on the Psalms of David (1274)

The likeness is purposefully set forth with respect to violence: "Like a lion ready for prey, they received me" -- either from God, or the soldiers from Pilate. With respect to deceit: "like a young lion dwelling in hiding places." The lion attacks in the …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

Lions are not more greedy, nor their ways more cunning than are Satan and his helpers when engaged against the children of God. The blood of souls the adversary thirsts after, and all his strength and craft are exerted to the utmost to satisfy his detestable appetite. We are weak and foolish like sheep; but we have a shepherd wise and strong, who knows the old lion's wiles, and is more than a match for his force; therefore will we not fear, but rest in safety in the fold.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ	dim.yo.No	likeness his	H1825 →
כְּ֭אַרְיֵה	Ke.'ar.yeh	[is] like a lion	H738 →
יִכְס֣וֹף	yikh.Sof	[which] it longs	H3700 →
לִטְר֑וֹף	lit.Rof	to tear to pieces	H2963 →
וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר	ve.khikh.Fir	and like a young lion	H3715 →
יֹשֵׁ֥ב	yo.Shev	[which] sits	H3427 →
בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃	be.mis.ta.Rim	in hiding places	H4565 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Through
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:8
  Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Philippians 1:12–14
  Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
- Psalms 22:21
  Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

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Where the connections lead

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