Salmos 17:12

12 como león que ansía despedazar, como leoncillo que acecha en los escondrijos.

Salmos 17:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 17:12

Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey
Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" ^F9; meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of them that compassed them about, as Aben Ezra observes; sometimes wicked and persecuting princes are compared to lions, for their strength and cruelty; see ( Proverbs 28:15 ) ( 2 Timothy 4:17 ) ; so the devil is called a roaring lion, ( 1 Peter 5:8 ) ; and the antichristian beast is said to have the mouth of a lion, ( Revelation 13:2 ) ;

and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places;
to leap upon its prey, and seize it at once, as it has opportunity; this denotes the secret and insidious method which the enemies of Christ take to do mischief; see ( Psalms 10:9 Psalms 10:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (hyrak wnwymd) "similitudo ejus, vel cujusque est tanquam leonis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius; so Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Salmos 17:12 In-Context

10 Han cerrado su insensible corazón; hablan arrogantemente con su boca.

11 Ahora nos han cercado en nuestros pasos; fijan sus ojos para echarnos por tierra,

12 como león que ansía despedazar, como leoncillo que acecha en los escondrijos.

13 Levántate, SEÑOR, sal a su encuentro, derríbalo; con tu espada libra mi alma del impío,

14 de los hombres, con tu mano, oh SEÑOR, de los hombres del mundo, cuya porción está en esta vida, y cuyo vientre llenas de tu tesoro; se llenan de hijos, y dejan lo que les sobra a sus pequeños.