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8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Ps. 144:1 , 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. What he was to him: Blessed be the Lord my rock (Ps. 144:1), my goodness, my fortress , Ps.…
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