“ The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. ”
The plowers plowed upon my back - The comparison here is undoubtedly taken from the “plowing” of land, and the idea is that the sufferings which they had endured were such as would be well repres...
CXXIX. Persecuted but not Cast Down. Psalms 129:1-4 . Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord which fastened the...
The plowers. No Art.
3. The ploughers have ploughed upon my back. (110) Here the Prophet, by an apparent similitude, embellishes his preceding statement respecting the grievous afflictions of the Church. He com...
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. The plowers plowed upon my back - It is possible that this mode of expression may signify that the people, during their captivity, were...
The ploughers ploughed, &c.— That is, "They reduced us to a state of abject slavery, and used us most cruelly in it. The ploughers ploughed, &c. they scourged us so severely, that the mar...
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. The stripes laid on Israel's back are compared to the furrows mad...
A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Furrows. — The Hebrew word only occurs once besides, in 1 Samuel 14:14 , where the margin renders as here, furrow — a rendering which plainly there is not intelligible. “Half a furrow of an ac...
Psalms 129:1-8 THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1-8 , with which the present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression. It is a retrospect of Israel's past, i...
This song is that of one who ascending toward the much desired place of rest and worship, looks back and sees how in the past Jehovah has delivered from sore perils. The backward look would seem to b...
Surely here we find Christ most emphatically pointed out: Jesus, the Prophet, described as giving his back to the smiters; and in the hall of Pilate we know that Jesus was scourged. Isaiah 50:6 ; J...
The ploughers ploughed upon my back ,.... "Sinners", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it; such that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, Job 4:8 ; which may be understo...
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. Ver. 3. The plowers plowed upon my back ] Which was never without some cross upon it, yea, some plough passing over it. The Church...
The ploughers ploughed upon my back They not only threw me down and trod me under foot, but cruelly wounded, mangled, and tormented me, and had no more pity upon me than the plough-man hath upon th...
Domestic Happiness. A song of degrees. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 M...
Ploughed upon my back; they have not only thrown me down, and trod me under foot, but have cruelly tormented me, wounded and mangled me, and had no more pity upon me than the ploughman hath upon th...
INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their youth— i.e. , the earliest part of their history,—...
Three Songs of degrees. Psalms 129:1-19 . Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed agains...
The only title of this psalm is, a song of degrees. The author is unknown. It contains a general reference to the troubles of Israel, and the overthrow of her enemies. Psalms 129:1 . From my you...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth. The persecuted condition of godly men on this earth I. As suffering under the hand of wicked persecution. The persecution here referred to was-...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a long term of years, but final...
The Victory of the Church over Her Enemies. A song of degrees, describing the deliverances of the people of God in the past and therefore confidently asserting the overthrow of the enemies in the...
Isaiah 51:23 ; Psalms 141:7