English Standard Version
Psalms 129:4
4The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
Psalms 129:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But the Lord is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.
Context of Psalms 129:4
2"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows." The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Read all of Psalms 129Psalms 129:4 word by word
יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 129:4
- Ezra 9:15O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
- Nehemiah 9:33Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
- Lamentations 1:18"The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and see my suffering; my young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 3:22The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
- Daniel 9:7To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
- Psalms 124:6Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
- Psalms 140:5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
Commentaries on Psalms 129:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Lord is righteous - Righteous in permitting this; righteous in what he has done, and will do, in the treatment of those who inflict such wrongs. We may now safely commit our cause to him in view of what he has done in the past. He was not indifferent then to our sufferings, or deaf to the eries of his people; he interposed and punished the oppressors of his people, and we may trust him still. He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked - By which they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The LORD is righteous: He rescued Israel from Egypt, from many enemy attacks, and from the Babylonian exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The ploughing is a figure of scourging, which most severe physical infliction aptly represents all kinds.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 129
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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