² or like a lion they will tear me apart;
    they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.^(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)

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.

¹² A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.^(A)

¹³ they open wide their mouths at me,
    like a ravening and roaring lion.^(A)

¹² They are like a lion eager to tear,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.^(A)