Psalms 129:4
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.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Compare
- BSB
- The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
- KJV
- The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- WEB
- The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
- ASV
- Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- DARBY
- Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- BLB
- YHWH the Righteous One, may He cut off the cords of the wicked!
- ÅB
- Herren er rettferdig, han har avhugget de ugudeliges rep.
- OTB
- Herren er rettferdig;
Han har kuttet de ondes bånd. - B1930
- Herren er rettferdig, han har avhugget de ugudeliges rep.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:137
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Read in contextLamentations 3:22
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Read in contextPsalms 124:6–7
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Read in contextDaniel 9:7
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:33
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Read in contextPsalms 140:5–11
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Read in contextEzra 9:15
O 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.
Read in contextLamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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