Psalms 129:3 meaning and explanation
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Psalms 129:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the community of Israel, singing this song of ascents as pilgrims travel toward Jerusalem. In verse 3 the nation pictures its long history of suffering under foreign powers as a field being plowed: the oppressors are the plowmen, Israel's back is the ground, and the long furrows are deep, lasting wounds.
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