Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
In Context
2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says 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 →