Psalms 144:8

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

King James Version

In Context

7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings 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 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalms 106:26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should 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 →

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