Psalm 140:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent, venom of asps upon their lips. Selah

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Show mercy on those who know you, your just defense to the upright of heart.

My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the clutches of the evil and violent.

My steps have kept to your paths; my feet have not faltered.

It is not good to favor the guilty, nor to reject the claim of the just.

you are thinking up intrigues; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a serpent stopping its ears,