Psalms 16:12
They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad prædam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὑπέλαβόν με ὡσεὶ λέων ἕτοιμος εἰς θήραν, καὶ ὡσεὶ σκύμνος οἰκῶν ἐν ἀποκρύφοις.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 17:12
- דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים
Haydock's commentary
They have taken me, is not expressed in Hebrew. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XVII
11. “As a lion ready for prey, have they taken Me” ( ver. 12 ). They have taken Me, like that adversary who “walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” “And as a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.” And as his whelp, the people to whom it was said, “Ye are of your father the devil:” meditating on the snares, whereby they might circumvent and destroy the just One.