Verse 12
Psalms 17:12
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
12
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דִּמְיֹנ֗/וֹ כְּ֭/אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִ/טְר֑וֹף וְ֝/כִ/כְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/מִסְתָּרִֽים
English Translation
Like a lion, he desires to tear apart; like a young lion, he sits in hiding.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
1
A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goet...
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2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.
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3
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothin...
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4
As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
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5
My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
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6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God (Elohim): Incline thine ear unto me, and hea...
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7
Show thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in the...
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8
Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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9
From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
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10
They are enclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
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11
They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
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12
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13
Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
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14
From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose bel...
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15
As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with behold...
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