1 Maccabees 3:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ He was like a lion in his deeds,
    like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.
⁵ He searched out and pursued those who broke the law;
    he burned those who troubled his people.
⁶ Lawbreakers shrank back for fear of him;
    all the evildoers were confounded;
    and deliverance prospered by his hand.