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Psalms 129:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 129:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 129:37 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
גַּ֭בִּ/יgabiy
back mynounH1354
body · boss · eminent place · brows ···
חָרְשׁ֣וּḥārəšw
they have plowedverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
חֹרְשִׁ֑יםḥōrəšiym
plowmenverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּheʾĕriykw
they have made longverbH748
draw out · lengthen · (be · become ···
ל/מענות/םlmʿnwtm
furrowpronH4618
acre
לְ/מַעֲנִיתָֽ/םləmaʿăniytām
furrowpronH4618
acre
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 129:3

1. The Psalm which we have sung is short: but as it is written in the Gospel of Zacchæus that he was “little of stature,” Luke 19:2-9 but mighty in works; as it is written of that widow who cast two mites into the treasury, little was the money, but great was her charity; Mark 12:42, 44 thus also this Psalm, if you count the words, is short; if you weigh the sentiments, is great....Let the Spirit of God speak, let It speak to us, let It sing to us; whether we wish or wish not…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 129
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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