Psalms 129:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 129:3

1 “Many a time they have ^aafflicted me from ^bmy youth,”
^cLet Israel now say—

2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”

4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

5 Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.

6 Let them be as the ^agrass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his¹ arms.

8 Neither let those who pass by them say,
^a“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

Verse Comparison: Psalms 129:3

American Standard Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

Amplified® Bible
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Contemporary English Version
though my back is like a field that has just been plowed."

Darby English Version
The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Good News Bible
They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field.

King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

New American Standard Bible
"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

New International Version
Plowmen have plowed my back
and made their furrows long.

New King James Version
The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

Revised Standard Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

Young's Literal Translation
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

New English Translation
The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.