For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.