Psalms 129:4

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Psalms 129:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

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

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezra 9:15

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.”

Nehemiah 9:33

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Lamentations 1:18

The 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.

Lamentations 3:22

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

Daniel 9:7

To 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.

Psalms 124:6

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Psalms 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Psalms 140:5

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Psalms 140:6

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

Psalms 140:7

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

Psalms 140:8

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Psalms 140:9

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Psalms 140:10

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

Psalms 140:11

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.