Psalms 129:3
Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.
4Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
Cross References
Job 39:10Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that—with the ridge—shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?
Isaiah 50:6My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard,—My face, hid I not from insult 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 →