Psalms 144:8

who speak lies, and make false promises. ¹ 

Ps 10:7; Ps 12:2; Ps 41:6; Ps 58:3; Ps 62:4; Ps 109:2,3; Isa 44:20; Isa 59:5-7; Mt 5:30; Re 13:16,17

¹ tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” The reference to the “right hand” is probably a metonymy for an oath. When making an oath, one would raise the hand as a solemn gesture. See Exod 6:8; Num 14:30; Deut 32:40. The figure thus represents the making of false oaths (false promises).