<p class="poetry">I broke the fangs<n id="1" /> of the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">and made him drop<n id="2" /> his prey from his teeth.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you hunt prey for the lioness,p> <p class="poetry">and satisfy the appetite<n id="1" /> of the lions,p>

<p class="poetry">You shine brightly and reveal your majesty,p> <p class="poetry">as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The lions roar for prey,p> <p class="poetry">seeking their food from God.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He gives<n id="1" /> food to his faithful followers;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he always remembers his covenant.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.p>

<p class="poetry">The mighty lion<n id="1" /> perishes<n id="2" /> for lack of prey,p> <p class="poetry">and the cubs of the lioness<n id="3" /> are scattered.p>

<p class="poetry">She also gets up<n id="1" /> while it is still night,p> <p class="poetry">and provides food<n id="2" /> for her household and a portion<n id="3" /> to her female servants.p>

<p class="poetry">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah,p> <p class="poetry">from the prey, my son, you have gone up.p> <p class="poetry">He crouches and lies down like a lion;p> <p class="poetry">like a lioness &#8211; who will rouse him?p>

<p class="poetry">Like<n id="1" /> wild donkeys in the desertp> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> go out to their labor,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">seeking diligently for food;p> <p class="poetry">the wasteland provides<n id="4" /> food for themp> <p class="poetry">and for their children.p>

<p class="poetry">Their roar is like a lion&#8217;s;p> <p class="poetry">they roar like young lions.p> <p class="poetry">They growl and seize their prey;p> <p class="poetry">they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.p>

<p class="poetry">She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion.p> <p class="poetry">He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion.p> <p class="poetry">He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.p>

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey &#8211; shedding blood and destroying lives &#8211; so they can get dishonest profit.

<p class="poetry">The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and strangled prey to provide food<n id="2" /> for his lionesses;p> <p class="poetry">he filled<n id="3" /> his lairs with preyp> <p class="poetry">and his dens with torn flesh.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">She is full of lies;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">she is filled with plunder;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">she has hoarded her spoil!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness,p> <p class="poetry">and like a lion raises himself up;p> <p class="poetry">they will not lie down until they eat their<n id="1" /> prey,p> <p class="poetry">and drink the blood of the slain.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Her princes<n id="1" /> 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<n id="2" /> within it.

<p class="poetry">Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Say to them: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Will it prosper?p> <p class="poetry">Will he not rip out its rootsp> <p class="poetry">and cause its fruit to rot<n id="1" /> and wither?p> <p class="poetry">All its foliage<n id="2" /> will wither.p> <p class="poetry">No strong arm or large armyp> <p class="poetry">will be needed to pull it out by its roots.<n id="3" />p>