Psalms 144:8

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

In Context

7Stretch out thy hands from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the children of the stranger.

9O God, a new song will I sing unto thee: upon the ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praises unto thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Psalms 12:2(12:3) Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

Psalms 58:3(58:4) The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.

Psalms 106:26He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness;

Isaiah 44:20He pursueth ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, and will not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

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 →

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