Psalms 144:8
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
Psalms 106:26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Matthew 5:30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to 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 →