Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 129:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 129:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 129:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King David, God always does what is right and fair. He helps good people by breaking away the ropes that bad people use to cause trouble.

Psalms 129:4: The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Contradiction with Psalms 73:3

Psalms 129:4 speaks of God's justice and righteousness cutting asunder the cords of the wicked, suggesting a resolution against wickedness. In contrast, Psalms 73:3 expresses the prosperity of the wicked, indicating their cords are not cut and they thrive despite their wickedness.

Psalms 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

Job 21:7 questions why the wicked live, become old, and grow mighty in power, contrasting with Psalms 129:4, which implies that God eventually intervenes and acts against them.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Ecclesiastes 8:14 addresses how sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve and vice versa, contrasting Psalms 129:4, which suggests a clear divine justice against the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah 12:1 questions why the way of the wicked prospers, contrasting with the idea in Psalms 129:4 that God acts against the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

Malachi 3:15 mentions calling the proud happy and those that do wickedly being set up, contradicting the resolution against wickedness implied in Psalms 129:4.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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