They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”

Yes, wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.