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 (Job 10:16; 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 13:7-8.)
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 - (Hosea 6:1) as a "bear" or a "lion" (Lamentations 3:10). Verse 12. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow - (Job 7:20, "Why hast thou set me as a mark?")
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