PSALM 129:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Psalm 129:3 Translation & Meaning

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The plowers חָרְשׁ֣וּ To scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) plowers
plowed חֹרְשִׁ֑ים To scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) plowed
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
my back: גַּ֭בִּי The back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc back
they made long הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ To be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively) made long
their furrows. לְמַעֲנִותָֽם׃ A furrow furrows

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  • 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.

  • 5  Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.



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