Psalms 129:4
The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
BSB
ASV
Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
KJV
The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
The Lord is righteous. Whatever men may be, Jehovah remains just, and will therefore keep covenant with his people and deal out justice to their oppressors. Here is the hinge of the condition: this makes the turning point of Israel's distress. The Lord bears with the long furrows of the wicked, but he will surely make them cease from their ploughing before he has done with them. He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Righteous - Faithful or merciful. The cords - Wherewith the plow was drawn.
33 . [2.] The Lord is righteous in not suffering Israel to be ruined; for he has promised to preserve it a people to himself, and he will be as good as his word. He is righteous in reckoning with their persecutors, and rendering to them a recompence, 2 Thess. i.
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Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
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But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
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Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
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O 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.”
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live…
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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…
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Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.