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They hide themselves in the villages,
    waiting to murder innocent people.
They spy on their helpless victims;
    they wait in their hiding place like lions.
They lie in wait for the poor;
    they catch them in their traps and drag them away.

10 The helpless victims lie crushed;
    brute strength has defeated them.

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He lies in wait(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(C)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(D)
10 His victims are crushed,(E) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.

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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.

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.

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