Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth, hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, will I sing unto thee,—On a harp of ten strings, will I make music to thee:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up unto the heavens my hand,—And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding:
Psalms 12:2Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,—with lips uttering smooth things—with a heart and a heart, do they speak.
Psalms 58:3Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;
Psalms 106:26So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,—And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?
Matthew 5:30And, if, thy right hand, is causing thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee,—for it profiteth thee, that, one of thy members, should perish, and not, thy whole body, into gehenna, depart.
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 →