⁹ Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(C)

⁹     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;^(A)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.^(B)

⁵ “‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs^(A)
    and made him a strong lion.^(B)

⁸ The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
    in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,^(A)
    like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles^(B) as it goes,
    and no one can rescue.^(C)