Psalms 144:8
In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
9I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
Psalms 12:2\12:1\Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.
Psalms 58:3\58:2\The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Psalms 106:26So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:
Isaiah 44:20As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.
Matthew 5:30And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:2-9
Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. 1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and… Read the whole commentary →