Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.

He sucks the poison ¹  of serpents; ²  the fangs ³  of a viper ⁴  kill him.

Their venom is like that of a snake, ¹  like a deaf serpent ²  that does not hear, ³ 

But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless ¹  evil, full of deadly poison.

For the arrows ¹  of the Almighty ²  are within me; my spirit ³  drinks their poison; ⁴  God’s sudden terrors ⁵  are arrayed ⁶  against me.

Their tongues wound like a serpent; ¹  a viper’s ²  venom is behind ³  their lips. (Selah)

They put bitter poison ¹  into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. ² 

“Their throats are open graves, ¹  they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.” ² 

For their vine is from the stock ¹  of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. ²  Their grapes contain venom, their clusters of grapes are bitter.

ז (Zayin) Remember ¹  my impoverished and homeless condition, ²  which is a bitter poison. ³ 

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? ¹  Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. ² 

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; ¹  they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”

his food is turned sour ¹  in his stomach; ²  it becomes the venom of serpents ³  within him.

They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; ¹  I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.

So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, ¹  say. ²  ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. ³ 

They ¹  sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, ² 

but in the end ¹  she is bitter ²  as wormwood, ³  sharp as a two-edged ⁴  sword.

Afterward ¹  it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

and their message will spread its infection ¹  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ² 

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, ²  “There is no God.” ³  They sin and commit evil deeds; ⁴  none of them does what is right. ⁵