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Psalms 129:4

129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

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

129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

What does Psalms 129:4 mean?

Psalms 129:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq), קָצַץ (qâtsats).

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The
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
is
righteous:צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just
he
hath
cut
asunderקָצַץqâtsats/kaw-tsats'/H7112to chop off (literally or figuratively)
the
cordsעֲבֹתʻăbôth/ab-oth'/H5688something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
of
the
wicked.רָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 129:4.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: by: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 21:3

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 21:4

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Ezekiel 33:12

Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Habakkuk 1:13

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? iniquity: or, grievance

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. wrong: or, wrested

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What does Psalms 129:4 say?

Psalms 129:4 (King James Version) reads: "The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked."

Is Psalms 129:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 129:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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