Psalms 129:4
Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
In Context
3Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
5Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15'O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous [art] Thou, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; lo, we [are] before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.'
Psalms 7:12If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,
Psalms 124:6Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth.
Psalms 140:5The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
Lamentations 3:22The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
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 →