Psalms 129:3
“The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
4But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”
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 →