Psalms 129:3
The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
Cross References
Job 39:10\39:7\He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
Isaiah 50:6I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:2-5
Domestic Happiness. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the… Read the whole commentary →