Job 10:16
If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.Again you show yourself powerful to me.
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Numbers 16:29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hasn't sent me.
Job 5:9who does great things that can't be fathomed,marvelous things without number;
Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me.He has gnashed on me with his teeth.My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
Hosea 5:14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion,and like a young lion to the house of Judah.I myself will tear in pieces and go away.I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
Amos 3:8The lion has roared.Who will not fear?The Lord God has spoken.Who can but prophesy?
Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh… Read the whole commentary →