Psalm 129:3


“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

Isaiah 51:23


“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

Psalm 141:7


As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

The plowers

Psalm 141:7

As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].
Isaiah 51:23

“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

General references

Job 39:10

“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
Acts 7:19
He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.