Psalm 17:12

12 Tā xiàng shīzi jí yào zhuā sì , yòu xiàng shǎo zhuàng shīzi dūn fú zaì àn chù .

Psalm 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.

Psalm 17:12 In-Context

10 Tāmende xīn beì zhīyóu bāoguǒ . tāmen yòng kǒu shuō jiāoào de huà .

11 Tāmen wéi kùn le wǒmen de jiǎobù . tāmen dèng zhe yǎn , yào bǎ wǒmen tuī dǎo zaìdì .

12 Tā xiàng shīzi jí yào zhuā sì , yòu xiàng shǎo zhuàng shīzi dūn fú zaì àn chù .

13 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ qǐlai , qián qù yíng dí , jiāng tā dǎdǎo . yòng nǐde dāo jiù hù wǒ méng tuōlí e rén .

14 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ yòng shǒu jiù wǒ tuōlí shìrén , tuōlí nà zhǐ zaì jīn shēng yǒu fú fēn de shìrén . nǐ bǎ nǐde cáibǎo chōngmǎn tāmende dǔ fù . tāmen yīn yǒu érnǚ jiù xīn mǎn yì zú , jiāng qíyú de cáiwù liú gĕi tāmende yīnghái .