Mazmur 17:12

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Rupa mereka seperti singa, yang bernafsu untuk menerkam, seperti singa muda, yang mengendap di tempat yang tersembunyi.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Rupa mereka seperti singa, yang bernafsu untuk menerkam, seperti singa muda, yang mengendap di tempat yang tersembunyi.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Adalah ia seperti singa yang hendak menerkam dan seperti singa muda menderum dalam tempat yang sembunyi.

Contextual Overview

⁸ Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges: from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me, [from] myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule. ⁹ They haue inclosed [them selues] in their owne fat: with their mouth they speake proude thynges. ¹⁰ They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde [where] our way [lyeth]: they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow [me] downe on the grounde. ¹¹ His [doynges] be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places. ¹² Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly [which is] thy sworde. ¹³ [Deliuer thou] me O God from men [which be] thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion [is] in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie [treasure]. ¹⁴ Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes. ¹⁵ But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Like: etc. Heb. The likeness of him - that is, of every one of them is as a lion that desireth to ravin, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 22:13, 2 Timothy 4:17, 1 Peter 5:8

lurking: Heb. sitting

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:24 - as a great Psalms 10:9 - He lieth Psalms 57:4 - among Psalms 58:6 - young Proverbs 1:11 - let us lurk Lamentations 3:10 - in secret Nahum 2:12 - and filled

Cross-References

Genesis 17:22
And he left of talkyng with hym, and departed vp from Abraham.

Genesis 17:23
Abraham toke Ismael his sonne, and such as were borne in his house, & al that was bought with money, as many as were men chyldren, whiche were amongst the men of Abrahams house, & circumcised the fleshe of their foreskinne euen in the selfe same day, as God had sayde vnto hym.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac, when he was eyght dayes olde, as God commaunded him.

Leviticus 12:3
And in the eyght day, the fleshe of the childes foreskinne shalbe cut away.

Luke 1:59
And it came to passe, that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde, and called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Luke 2:21
And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

Acts 7:8
And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac [begate] Iacob, and Iacob [begate] the twelue patriarkes.

Romans 2:28
For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:

Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey,.... Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" i; meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of them that compassed them about, as Aben Ezra observes; sometimes wicked and persecuting princes are compared to lions, for their strength and cruelty; see Proverbs 28:15; so the devil is called a roaring lion, 1 Peter 5:8; and the antichristian beast is said to have the mouth of a lion, Revelation 13:2;

and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places; to leap upon its prey, and seize it at once, as it has opportunity; this denotes the secret and insidious method which the enemies of Christ take to do mischief; see Psalms 10:9.

i דמיונו כאריה "similitudo ejus, vel cujusque est tanquam leonis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius so Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like as a lion - Margin, “The likeness of him” (that is, “of every one of them”) is “as a lion that desireth to ravin.” The meaning is plain. They were like a lion intent on securing his prey. They watched the object narrowly; they were ready to spring upon it.

That is greedy of his prey - “He is craving to tear.” Prof. Alexander. - The Hebrew word rendered “is greedy,” means “to pine, to long after, to desire greatly.” The Hebrew word rendered “of his prey,” is a verb, meaning “to pluck, to tear, to rend in pieces.” The reference is to the lion that desires to seize his victim, and to rend it in pieces to devour it.

And, as it were, a young lion - Hebrew, “And like a young lion.”

Lurking in secret places - Margin, as in Hebrew, “sitting.” The allusion is to the lion crouching, or lying in wait for a favorable opportunity to pounce upon his prey. See the notes at Psalms 10:8-10. There is no special emphasis to be affixed to the fact that the “lion” is alluded to in one member of this verse, and the “young lion” in the other. It is in accordance with the custom of parallelism in Hebrew poetry where the same idea, with some little variation, is expressed in both members of the sentence. See the introduction to Job, Section 5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 17:12. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey — I believe the word lion is here used to express Saul in his strength, kingly power, and fierce rapacity. See the observations at the end of the Psalm. Psalms 17:15.