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Verse Psalms 140:3. _THEY HAVE SHARPENED THEIR TONGUES_] They employ
their time in forging lies and calumnies against me; and those of the
most virulent nature....
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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 (and prob...
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PSALM 140-142
These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series,
142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when
David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
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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 war...
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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)...
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Prayer for deliverance from the machinations of calumnious enemies....
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_They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent_ The lying tongue is
elsewhere compared to the sword or arrow which wounds (Psalms 52:2;
Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4;...
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PSALMS 140
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought.
Stanza II., Psalms 1...
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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 point of...
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SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to
David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and
adaptations of, earlier Pss....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
POISON!
PSALMS 140
Jesus said, "Children of *vipers, how can you say anything that is
good? You are *evil people" ...
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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 comp
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_[Psalms 140:4]_ שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשֹׁונָם֮
כְּֽמֹו ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת...
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Psalms 140:1
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 words, and...
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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 al...
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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...
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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....
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And. Hebrew, "keep guard at the door of my lips," (Montanus) or "on
the poverty of," &c., (St. Jerome) that I may not speak too much, or
imprudently; as I shall do, if left to myself. (Haydock) --- Ho...
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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 b...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144.
The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in
detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and
not...
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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 so...
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_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, stri...
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_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,...
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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 ferve...
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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent, so that the sting of
it is as deadly as that of a snake; ADDERS' POISON IS UNDER THEIR
LIPS, to be poured into the wounds made by their fangs as they...
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1-7 The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer
to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can
be against us? We should especially watch and pray, that the...
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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 thei...
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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 there...
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CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may
count upon security against all real enemies....
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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, w...
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_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 Wartbur...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those
threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This
psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:3 UNDER THEIR LIPS IS THE VENOM OF ASPS. In
Romans 3:13 Paul uses this phrase as part of his argument that Jews
and Greeks are alike “under sin.”
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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...
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EXPOSITION
MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened
by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays
to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4,
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Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent
man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war. T...
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2 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 3:13; Isaiah 59:13; Isaiah 59:3; James 3:
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Tongues — Using words as sharp and piercing as the sting of a
serpent....