Psalms 129:3
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
In Context
2Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
4Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
Cross References
Job 39:10Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Isaiah 50:6My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not 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 →