The Lord is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked. The abrupt shift from oppression's detail to divine vindication—accomplished in past tense—marks the turning point of the psalm. The cords binding the oppressed have been severed by righteous divine action, effecting liberation. The term righteous emphasizes that justice itself demands the oppressor's defeat; God's righteousness is not arbitrary favor but cosmic principle expressing itself as liberation. The past tense suggests either realized deliverance or eschatological certainty viewed from faith's perspective. This verse asserts that Israel's survival proves God's justice; their non-prevailing is the enemy's inevitable outcome.

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