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Psalms 129:4
4The Lord is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.
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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
Context of Psalms 129:4
2“From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me. 3They have plowed my back ⌞like farmers plow fields⌟. They made long slashes ⌞like furrows⌟.” The Lord is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me. 5Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat. 6Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
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 9:15Lord God of Israel, because you are fair, a few of us continue to remain as survivors. Look at us. All of us are guilty. None of us can stand in your presence because of this.”
- Nehemiah 9:33But you were fair about everything that has happened to us. You have been faithful, but we have been wicked.
- Lamentations 1:18“The Lord is right in what he did, because I rebelled against his word. Please listen, all you people, and look at my pain. My young women and young men have gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 3:22the Lord’s mercy. We were not completely wiped out. His compassion is never limited.
- Daniel 9:7You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.
- Psalms 124:6Thank the Lord, who did not let them sink their teeth into us.
- Psalms 140:5Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. 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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