Psalms 144:8
who speak with the mouth of falsehood, and lift their right hand to swear lies.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In Context
9O God, a new song I would sing you, on a ten-stringed harp make you music.
Cross References
Psalms 12:2One lies to another, speaking empty lies, with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
Psalms 106:26So he swore with uplifted hand to lay them low in the wilderness;
Matthew 5:30And, if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to Gehenna.
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 →