Psalms 129:3
The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
4The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Cross References
Job 39:10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide 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 →