Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Ver. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion, &c.] No creature shall harm thee, so as to hinder thine eternal happiness. See Isa 11:6-8 Hos 2:18 Job 5:23 Mark 16:18. This text was shamefully abused by Pope Alexander, A.D. 1159, when at Venice he trod upon the neck of the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa, and said, as here, super leonem et aspidem ambulabis, &c.