New Revised Standard Version
They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Contemporary English Version
They are like hungry lions hunting for food, or like young lions hiding in ambush.

New American Bible
Like lions eager for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

Like, etc.

Psalm 7:2 Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

Psalm 22:13 They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.

2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished and that all the Gentiles may hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

lurking [Heb.