Psalm 129:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The Lord is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked [enslaved us].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ But the LORD is righteous— God cut me free from the ropes of the wicked!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For with you, there is forgiveness, and because of your law, I persevered with you, Lord. My soul has persevered in his word.

Psalm 129:4 Cross References

Psalm 119:137

You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Daniel 9:7

“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.

Lamentations 1:18

The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and behold my suffering; my young women and young men have gone into captivity.

Nehemiah 9:33

You have been just in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly;

Ezra 9:15

O Lord, God of Israel, you are just, but we have escaped as a remnant, as is now the case. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can face you because of this.”

Psalm 7:12

If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;