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)

⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers,^(A)
    stained with footprints of blood.
⁹ As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,^(B)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder^(C) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.^(D)