Psalms 129:4
The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
In Context
3The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
5Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
Psalms 7:12\7:11\God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.
Psalms 124:6Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
Psalms 140:5\140:4\O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.
Lamentations 3:22It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:2-5
Domestic Happiness. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the… Read the whole commentary →