Psalms 17:12 Commentary: Rashi & Radak

דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Rashi on Psalms

which yearns Heb. יכסף, yearns, as (in Gen. 31:30): “for you yearned (נכסף נכספתי).”
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Radak on Psalms

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places: – He is like, singular, of Saul. He says, as he said of him in the Psalm Concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite (7:3): "Lest he tear my soul like a lion."
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