New Revised Standard Version
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

Contemporary English Version
God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

New American Bible
He has been a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

unto

Job 10:16 And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning, thou tormentest me wonderfully.

Isaiah 38:13 I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Hosea 5:14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

Hosea 6:1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.

Hosea 13:7,8 And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians. . . .

Amos 5:18-20 Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. . . .

in secret

Psalm 10:9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

Psalm 17:12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.