Bible verse
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
Lamentations 3:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Lamentations 3.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
KJV
He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
ASV
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
ERV
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
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