Psalms 129:3
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.
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.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
- KJV
- The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
- WEB
- The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
- ASV
- The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
- DARBY
- The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
- BLB
- Upon my back, the plowmen were plowing; they have made long their furrows.
- ÅB
- Min rygg har plogmenn pløyd, de har gjort sine furer lange.
- OTB
- Plogmenn pløyde på min rygg;
De forlenget sine furer.” - B1930
- Min rygg har plogmenn pløid, de har gjort sine furer lange.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 51:23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Read in contextPsalms 141:7
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Read in context