He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy f
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep a
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safet
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, w
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secret
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the t
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have e
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rej
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.