Psalms 144:8
Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
9Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live for ever.
Psalms 12:2Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
Psalms 58:3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
Psalms 106:26And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;
Isaiah 44:20Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast 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 →