² If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
    tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

²² Repent, all of you who forget me,
    or I will tear you apart,
    and no one will help you.

¹³ I waited patiently all night,
    but I was torn apart as though by lions.
    Suddenly, my life was over.

⁷ So now I will attack you like a lion,
    like a leopard that lurks along the road.
⁸ Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,
    I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
    and mangle you like a wild animal.

¹² The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.

¹⁵ But they are glad now that I am in trouble;
    they gleefully join together against me.
I am attacked by people I don’t even know;
    they slander me constantly.

¹³ Like lions they open their jaws against me,
    roaring and tearing into their prey.

¹² They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
    like young lions hiding in ambush.