Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder — You will be safe among dangers, as if the rage of the lion were restrained, and he becam…

Lion ... adder ... young lion. —These are used no doubt, emblematically for the various obstacles, difficulties, and danger which …

You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon you shall trample under feet.

Strength and mastery may be un…

Thou shalt walk over the lion and asp. The same truth is expressed here in different words. He had already spoken of the obstacles which S…

You shall tread upon the lion and adder
Or be unhurt by such savage and poisonous creatures; as the Israelites, when…

Whatever happens, nothing will hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befall him, it will come, not for his harm, but for his good, even …