Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
29. But, "understand these things, ye that forget God" (ver. 22). See how He crieth, and keepeth not silence, spareth not. Thou hadst forgotten the Lord, didst not think of thy evil life. Perceive how thou hast forgotten the Lord. "Lest at length He seize like a lion, and there be none to driven" What is "like a lion"? Like a brave one, like a mighty one, like him whom none can withstand. To this he made reference when he said, "Lion." For it is used for praise, it isused also for showing evil. The devil hath been called lion: "Your adversary," He saith, "like a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom He may devour?" May it not be that whereas he hath been called lion because of savage fierceness, Christ hath been called Lion for wondrous mightiness? And where is that, "The Lion hath prevailed of the tribe of Judah?" ...
Lest he. Hebrew, "I tear you in pieces. "(Protestants) (Haydock)
Rapiat ut Leo. (St. Augustine)
It may be understood of death, (Theodoret) or of God. (Calmet)
