Psalms 144:8
whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
World English 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 a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever,
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalms 106:26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Matthew 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into 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 →