Psalms 17:12
Psalms 17:10-14 The Message (MSG)
Their hearts are hard as nails, their mouths blast hot air. They are after me, nipping my heels, determined to bring me down, Lions ready to rip me apart, young lions poised to pounce. Up, GOD: beard them! break them! By your sword, free me from their clutches; Barehanded, GOD, break these mortals, these flat-earth people who can’t think beyond today. I’d like to see their bellies swollen with famine food, The weeds they’ve sown harvested and baked into famine bread, With second helpings for their children and crusts for their babies to chew on.
Psalms 17:12 King James Version (KJV)
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 17:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Psalms 17:12 New Century Version (NCV)
They are like lions ready to kill; like lions, they sit in hiding.
Psalms 17:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 17:12 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
Psalms 17:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 17:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He is like a lion eager to tear [his prey], And like a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Psalms 17:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush.