Psalms 129:3

If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere?

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In The King James Version

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

In Context

2O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

4For with you, there is forgiveness, and because of your law, I persevered with you, Lord. My soul has persevered in his word.

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Cross References

Job 39:10Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?

Isaiah 50:6I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.

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 →

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