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Psalm 10:9

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9He lies in wait in a hiding place as aa lion in his 1lair;

He blies in wait to catch cthe afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his dnet.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or thicket

Cross references

  1. aPs 17:12
  2. bPs 59:3; Mic 7:2
  3. cPs 10:2
  4. dPs 140:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;

he lurks that he may seize the poor;

he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

like a lion in cover he lies in wait.

He lies in wait to catch the helpless;

he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.

He lurks in order to seize a victim;

he seizes a victim and drags him in his net.

NLTNew Living Translation

Like lions crouched in hiding,

they wait to pounce on the helpless.

Like hunters they capture the helpless

and drag them away in nets.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He lies in ambush secretly, like a lion in a thicket.

He lies in ambush to seize the poor;

he seizes the poor by catching him in his net.

KJV 1900King James Version

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den:

He lieth in wait to catch the poor:

He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.