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Psalms 144:8 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. "
Psalms 144:8
Verse in Context
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Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
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Psalms 144:1
"[[A Psalm of David.]] Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:"
Psalms 144:2
"My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people"
Psalms 144:3
"LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account"
Psalms 144:4
"Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away."
Psalms 144:5
"Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke."
Psalms 144:6
"Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy"
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