Psalms 140:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. ”

Psalms 140:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent - Compare the notes at Psalms 64:3 . The idea here is, that since the tongue of the serpent “seems” to be sharp, pointed, adapted to penetrate (a...
Psalms 140:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; (c) adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah. (c) He shows the weapons the wicked use, when power and force fail them.
Psalms 140:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXL. The Prayer of a Man hard Beset by Treacherous Foes. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the...
Psalms 140:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tongues. Singular. See note on Psalms 140:11 . Quoted in Romans 3:13 . Selah. Connecting the evil with the prayer to be delivered; thus marking the Structure (App-66)
Psalms 140:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. They have sharpened their tongues - They employ their time in forging lies and calumnies against me; and...
Psalms 140:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent - not that a serpent sharpens its tongue: the poi...
Psalms 140:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss.
Psalms 140:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Comp. Psalms 64:3 ; Psalms 58:4 ; Psalms 52:2 ; Psalms 10:7 . Adders. — The Hebrew word is peculiar to this place, and is explained by Gesenius to be a compound of two words, to represent “tha...
Psalms 140:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 140:1-13 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar word...
Psalms 140:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Confidence in God's Protection Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who...
Psalms 140:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
Psalms 140:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It will be truly profitable in this, as in similar psalms, describing the soul under exercises, to view Christ, our pattern, our example, our surety. It is he who hath carried our griefs, as well as...
Psalms 140:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 140:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah. Ver. 3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent ] Which, by reason of his sharp tongue, st...
Psalms 140:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deliver me from the evil man Either Saul, or Doeg, or some other malicious enemy, or rather enemies; the word man being taken collectively for men , as appears from the next verse. Continually,...
Psalms 140:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 Deliver me, O L ORD , from the evil man: preser...
Psalms 140:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They have sharpened their tongues; their malicious hearts stirred up their tongues to utter vile slanders against me. Like a serpent ; either whetting their tongues, as serpents are said to whet t...
Psalms 140:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
Psalms 140:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He ther...
Psalms 140:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, a psalm of David, is undisputed. Psalms 140:1 . From the evil man, Doëg the Edomite: from the violent man, Saul...
Psalms 140:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. God preserves His servant To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of War...
Psalms 140:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies ( Psalms 140:1-19 ), against whom he prays to God for aid ( Psalms 140:1 , Ps...
Psalms 140:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for Deliverance from Malicious Enemies. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a fe...
Psalms 140:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:3 ; Genesis 3:13 ; Isaiah 59:13 ; Isaiah 59:3-5 ; James 3:6-8 ; Jeremiah 9:3 ; Jeremiah 9:5 ; Matthew 12:34 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 23:32 ; Psalms 52:2 ; Psalms 52:3...
Psalms 140:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tongues — Using words as sharp and piercing as the sting of a serpent.

Psalms 140:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 140:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 140:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 140:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 140:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 140:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 140:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 140:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 140:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 140:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 140:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes