Psalms 129:4 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 129:1-4 MSG (The Message)

“They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young” —this is how Israel tells it— “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down. Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back; But GOD wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us. Then GOD ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds.”

Psalms 129:4 KJV (King James Version)

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

Psalms 129:4 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 129:4 NCV (New Century Version)

But the LORD does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.

Psalms 129:4 ASV (American Standard Version)

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

Psalms 129:4 NIV (New International Version)

But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

Psalms 129:4 NKJV (New King James Version)

The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 129:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)

The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

Psalms 129:4 NLT (New Living Translation)

But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.

Psalms 129:4 TPT (The Passion Translation)

But no matter what, the Lord is good to us. He is a righteous God who stood to defend us, breaking the chains of the evil ones that bound us.

Psalms 129:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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