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Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

Thou sawest; for thou wilt look upon trouble and anger, to give with thine hand: the poor will be left to thee; thou wert the helper of the orphan.

In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust];
How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain;

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

Look upon, answer me, O Jehovah my God: enlighten mine eyes, lest I shall sleep the death;

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.

Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.

And I ground them like dust {in the wind}, I emptied them out like mud of [the] streets.

and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.

You will make them like your fiery furnace at the time of your appearance. Yahweh will swallow them in his wrath and fire will consume them.


Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.


For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!


Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

Look how many enemies I have gained! They hate me with a vicious hatred.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.

For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)


Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Let thy merciful kindness, O LORD, be upon us, like as we do put our trust in thee.

Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.


For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.


For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.


For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.


Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah


“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.

Then I said, "Look, I come. In [the] scroll of [the] book it is written concerning me:

I have brought good tidings [of] righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, {you surely know that}.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.


These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

My heart overflows with a good theme;
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Good luck have thou with thine honour; ride on with the truth, meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.