They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Study Helps
Interpretation
The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects.
Glossary
- Tongues, Confusion of People
- At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God “confounded their language”.