Psalms 129:4
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
King James Version
In Context
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Psalms 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 124:6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Lamentations 3:22It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail 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 →