¹⁶ Bold as a lion you hunt me;
    you repeat your exploits against me.^(A)

¹³     I cry for help^[a] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.^(A)

⁹ He does great things and unsearchable,
    marvelous things without number.^(A)

⁸ The lion has roared;
    who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
    who can but prophesy?^(A)

⁷ So I will become like a lion to them;
    like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.^(A)
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs
    and will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
    as a wild animal would mangle them.