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Posted by Psalms on Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Psalms 129:4
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
129:4. The LORD is righteous. Whatever men may be, Jehovah remains just, and will therefore keep covenant with his people and deal out justice to their oppressors. Here is the hinge of the condition: this makes the turning point of Israel’s distress. The Lord bears with the long furrows of the wicked, but he will surely make them cease from their plowing before he has done with them.
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The rope which binds the oxen to the plow is cut; the cord which bound the victim is broken; the bond which held the enemies in cruel unity has snapped. As in Psalm 114:7 we read, “the snare is broken; we are escaped,” so here the breaking of the enemies’ instrument of oppression is Israel’s release. Sooner or later a righteous God will interpose, and when he does so, his action will be most effectual; he does not unfasten, but cuts asunder, the harness which the ungodly use in their labor of hate. Never has God used a nation to chastise his Israel without destroying that nation when the chastisement has come to a close: he hates those who hurt his people even though he permits that hate to triumph for a while for his own purpose.
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