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The Cords of the Wicked

Psalms 129:4

In 11 translations

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
Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
ASV
Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
LSV
YHWH [is] righteous, || He has cut apart cords of the wicked.
YLT
Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
DBY
Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
DRC128:4
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
GNV
But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.
JPS
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
LXXE128:4
The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃
LXX-Br128:4
Κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
  • Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  • Psalms 124:6–7Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
  • Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our…
  • Psalms 140:5–11The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help. O GOD the Lord, the strength of…
  • Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  • Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
  • Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

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