The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
- KJV The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- NKJV The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
- NASB The Lord is righteous; He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.
- NLT But the Lord is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.
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Quick answer
Yahweh is righteous and has cut the cords that bound His people to the wicked. It declares God's just intervention to free the oppressed.
Overview
The tone shifts to deliverance: the righteous Lord severs the ropes by which the wicked held His people captive. God's justice does not leave oppression unanswered but acts to liberate. This points to Christ, who breaks the bonds of sin and sets His people free.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
- Lam 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Dan 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 unfaithfulness to You.
- Neh 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
- Ps 124:6–7Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- Ps 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
- 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.”
- Lam 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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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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