Psalms 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
4The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
Cross References
Job 39:10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my checks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
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 →