Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth uttereth deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
7Send forth thine hand from above; Rescue and save me from deep waters; From the hands of aliens,
9I will sing to thee a new song, O God! Upon a ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praise to thee;
Cross References
Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
Psalms 106:26Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
Isaiah 44:20He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand cause thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should go away 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 →