King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 10:9
“He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.”
Verse in context — Psalms 10
7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10
He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
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