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Psalm 144:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 144 · verse 8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Psalm 144:8 · King James Version
Psalm 144:8 in context
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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.
10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakethdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- vanityshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- handyâmîynthe right hand or side of a person or other objectH3225 →
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Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are waiting upon God to bless us we should stir up ourselves to bless him. He gives to God the glory of two things: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8