The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Ver. 4. The Lord is righteous] That is a ruled case, and must be held for a certain truth, whatever we are, or our persecutors.
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked] That is, their harness, their plough traces (nam continuatur tropus rusticus), so that the plough is loose and the horses at liberty; all their forces and designs are broken.