Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Their throat is an open sepulchre (): q.d., 'What proceeds out of their heart, and finds vent in speech and action through the throat, is like the pestilential breath of an open grave;' With their tongues they have used deceit () - q.d., 'That tongue which is man's glory (; ) is prostituted to the purposes of deception;'

The poison of asps is under their lips () - q.d., 'Those lips which should "drop as an honeycomb," and, "feed many," and "give thanks unto His name" (; ; ), are employed to secrete deadly poison:'

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