He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion (; thus fulfilling the threat, "I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps," Hosea 13:7.)

Verse 11. He hath turned aside my ways - made me wander out of the right way, so as to become a prey to Verse 11. He hath turned aside my ways - made me wander out of the right way, so as to become a prey to wild beasts.

Pulled me in pieces - () as a "bear" or a "lion" (). Verse 12. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow - (, "Why hast thou set me as a mark?")

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