Psalms 144:8
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
7They will shout about the memory of your abundant sweetness. And they will exult in your justice.
9The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live in eternity.
Psalms 12:2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?
Psalms 58:3Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
Psalms 106:26They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.
Isaiah 44:20Part of it is ashes. His foolish heart adores it. And he will not liberate his soul, and he will not say, “Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.”
Matthew 5:30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body 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 →