Psalms 129:4
But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
In Context
3The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.
5They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, thou art iust, for we haue bene reserued to escape, as appeareth this day: beholde, we are before thee in our trespasse: therfore we canot stand before thee because of it.
Psalms 7:12Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
Psalms 124:6Praysed be the Lord, which hath not giuen vs as a praye vnto their teeth.
Psalms 140:5The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
Lamentations 3:22It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
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 →