The first line thus begins by describing the danger figuratively, while its second colon explains the figure.13 The parallel line then provides specificity to both preceding cola. How are the attackers like lions or dogs? In that their teeth are extremely dangerous, like the weapons in the hands of human attackers. But as human beings, their more literal weapon is their tongue, with the dangerous potential of a sword (cf. 59:7 [8]; 64:3 [4]), a sharp sword like the tongue of a seducer or a prophet