Psalms 140:3
(140-4) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
In Context
2(140-3) Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2(52-4) Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 58:4(58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
Psalms 64:3(64-4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Jeremiah 9:3(9-2) And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:2-8
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins… Read the whole commentary →