מְעֹנָה

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

…when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.

The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.