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or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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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.
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They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
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Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
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Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
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How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
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Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
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I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!
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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
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Psalm 63
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
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There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them, there the great throng of Judah’s princes, and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
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Psalm 76
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great.
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but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
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You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
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Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.
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The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
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Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
