Psalms 129:3
עַל ־ גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא ־ יָכְלוּ לִֽי ׃
4יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים ׃
Cross References
Job 39:10הֲֽתִקְשָׁר ־ רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם ־ יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ ׃
Isaiah 50:6גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹֽרְטִים פָּנַי לֹא הִסְתַּרְתִּי מִכְּלִמּוֹת וָרֹֽק ׃
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 →