Psalms 140:3
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
In Context
2Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalms 58:4Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Psalms 64:3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Isaiah 59:3For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
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 →