8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
8 whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
8 Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back.
8 Whose mouth speaks vain words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
8 Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 144:8
Commentary on Psalm 144:1-8
(Read Psalm 144:1-8)
When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy. There was a special power of God, inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David; it was typical of the bringing souls into subjection to the Lord Jesus. Man's days have little substance, considering how many thoughts and cares of a never-dying soul are employed about a poor dying body. Man's life is as a shadow that passes away. In their highest earthly exaltation, believers will recollect how mean, sinful, and vile they are in themselves; thus they will be preserved from self-importance and presumption. God's time to help his people is, when they are sinking, and all other helps fail.