# You will crush lions and asps under your feet; you will trample on young lions and serpents

Where "hit your foot on a stone" is a minor problem, lions and snake are examples of great dangers. The psalmist speaks of lions and snakes as if they were small enough to be crushed under a person's foot. Alternate translation: "You will be able kill lions and asps as if they were small animals you could crush under your feet" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# asps

types of poisonous snake.

# trample

crush by walking heavily on