Psalms 129:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Jehovah, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.
Neh 9:33 : 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Ps 119:137 : 137 TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
Ps 124:6-7 : 6 Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Ps 140:5-9 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542} 6 I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah. 7 O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, [lest] they exalt themselves. {H5542} 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise. 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Lam 1:18 : 18 Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Lam 3:22 : 22 [ It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 37:17
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17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
Ps 125:3-4
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3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Ps 129:3
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3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Isa 14:5
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5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
Ps 103:6
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6Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.
Ps 2:3
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3Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
Ps 119:137
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137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
Ps 34:19
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19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
Ps 92:15
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15To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Ps 7:8-9
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8Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Ps 149:7-8
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7To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
8To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
Ps 34:16-17
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16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17[ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
Ps 9:16
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16Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Ps 37:38-39
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38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Ps 33:4-5
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4For the word of Jehovah is right; And all his work is [done] in faithfulness.
5He loveth righteousness and justice: The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Jehovah.
Ps 94:23
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23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
Ps 145:17
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17Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
Ps 37:14
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Prov 10:29
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29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Lam 1:14
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14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Ps 99:4
72%
4The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Ps 37:28
72%
28For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 116:5
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5Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.
Job 30:11
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11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
Jer 51:10
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10Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
Ps 82:4
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4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Nah 1:13
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13And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
Ps 9:8
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8And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
Ps 118:15-16
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15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.
16The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.
Ps 110:5
72%
5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 75:10
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10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Ps 37:32
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32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Ps 140:4
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4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Ps 17:13
72%
13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Ezek 21:4
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4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ps 146:8
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8Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
Ps 34:21
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21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Ps 54:5
71%
5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
Dan 9:14
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14Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Isa 33:5
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5Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Prov 2:22
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22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Deut 32:4
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4The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Ps 55:22
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22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.