Psalms 129:4

"The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 129:4, these verses metaphorically describe the intense suffering and oppression experienced by the people of Israel as if their backs were being repeatedly plowed. The image conveys the deep and lasting impact of their hardships, emphasizing both the physical and spiritual toll endured.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Lord is righteous -Righteous in permitting this; righteous in what he has done, and will do, in the treatment of those who inflict such wrongs. We may now safely commit our cause to him in view of what he has done in the past. He was not indifferent then to our sufferings, or deaf to the eries of his people; he interposed and punished the oppressors of his people, and we may trust him still. He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked -By which they bound us. He did this in our “youth;” when we were oppressed and beaten in Egypt. Then he interposed, and set us free.

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