Psalms 129:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 129:4

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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11 verses on the floor

Psalms 119:137
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
Lamentations 3:22
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Daniel 9:7
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Exodus 9:27
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Nehemiah 9:33
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

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the cords--that is, which fasten the plough to the ox; and cutting denotes God's arresting the persecution; The ill-rooted roof grass, which withers before it grows up and procures for those gathering it no harvest blessing (Ru 2:4), sets forth the utter uselessness and the rejection of the wicked.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Righteous - Faithful or merciful. The cords - Wherewith the plow was drawn.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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