Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 140:3
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Psalms140:3
3 They have sharpned their tongues like a serpent ; adders poison is under their lips.
Their malicious hearts stirred up their tongues to utter vile slanders against me.
Either whetting their tongues as serpents are said to whet theirs when they are about to bite: or rather, using words as sharp and piercing as the sting of a serpent.
Marginal references: Psal. 58. 4▪ Rom. 3. 13.
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