Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: