Psalm 129:4

4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

Psalm 129:4 in Other Translations

4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

4 The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

4 But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.

4 Then God ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds."

4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.

4 The Lord is righteous; He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

4 The LORD does what is right. Sinners had tied me up with ropes. But the LORD has set me free.

Psalm 129:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 129:4

The Lord [is] righteous
Or gracious and merciful; hence acts of mercy are called righteousness in the Hebrew language; the Lord has compassion on his people under their afflictions, and delivers them; or is faithful to his promises of salvation to them, and just and righteous to render tribulation to them that trouble them, and take vengeance upon them;

he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked:
alluding to the cords with which the plough is fastened to the oxen, which being cut, they cannot go on ploughing; or to the cords of whips, which when, cut cannot be used to any purpose: it designs the breaking of the confederacies of wicked men against the people of God; the confounding their counsels and schemes, and disappointing their devices; so that they cannot perform their enterprises, or carry their designs into execution, or go on with and finish their intentions. The Targum renders it,

``the chains of the wicked;''

see ( Isaiah 5:18 ) .

Psalm 129:4 In-Context

2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 9:27; Psalms 119:137
• 2. Psalms 37:9
• 3. Psalms 140:5