Psalms 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent,.... Which Kimchi says it does before it bites. Aristotle (i) observes, that the tip or extreme point of a serpent's tongue is as small as a hair, and…

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent - Compare the notes at Psa 64:3. The idea here is, that since the tongue of the serpent “seems” to be sharp, pointed, adapted to penetrate (and…

In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do…

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent The lying tongue is elsewhere compared to the sword or arrow which wounds (Psa 52:2; Psa 55:21; Psa 57:4; Psa 59:7; Psa 64:3), or the serpent which…