Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalms 106:26Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy 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 →