English Standard Version
Psalms 144:8
8whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- New International Version (NIV)whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
Context of Psalms 144:8
6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! 7Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, 10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
Read all of Psalms 144Psalms 144:8 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 144:8
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
- Psalms 12:2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 41:6And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
- Psalms 62:4They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
- Isaiah 59:5They hatch adders' eggs; they weave the spider's web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
- Matthew 5:30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
- Revelation 13:16Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,
Commentaries on Psalms 144:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Those mouth speaketh vanity - Vain things; things not real and true; falsehood; lies. See the notes at Psalm 24:4. The idea is, that what they said had no foundation in truth - no reality. Truth is solid and reliable; falsehood is unreliable and vain. And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood - The meaning here seems to be that even under the solemnities of an oath, when they lifted up their hands to swear, when they solemnly appealed to God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The psalmist asks God to act against his enemies (compare Psalm 18:7–19).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 8Whose mouth speaks vanity, etc. Scripture connects vanity with the mouth and falsehood with the right hand. When they come to tell with their mouth, they invent exaggerations of vanity, even to misrepresent what is known. If they come to stretch forth their right hand to swear, they refrain from vanity, lest they be caught as thieves, but they do swear falsely, for so is their lot.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 144
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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