John Trapp on Job 38:40

Verſe 40. When they couch in their dens, &c.] When both by might and ſlight they provide for themſelves. Hunters with all their paines and means cannot catch a beaſt ſo ſoon as the Lion can. An Ape he hateth in a ſpecial manner, as being too crafty for him: And yet he feareth man (although as the Poet ſaith, Simia quam ſimilis turpiſſima beſtia nobis.)Ennius. Whereof no other probable reaſon can be given, but the ſmall remnant of Gods Image left as yet in man, who once had dominion over all the Creatures, and is ſtill fearred by the fierceſt of them.

And abide in the covert to lye in wait] Where they crouch, counterfeit themſelves aſleep, lye quiet and cloſe, as Cats that would catch Mice, or Foxes birds. But if this way they ſpeed not, Baſil ſaith they ſet up a loud roar, whereby the Beaſts are ſo amated, that they have no power to ſtir out of the place they ſtand in, till the Lions have taken them.