Psalm 129:3 {128:3}
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The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

the plowers

Psalm 141:7 As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.

Isaiah 51:23 And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.

Context
The Cords of the Wicked
2Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. 3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:4
And they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer:

Psalm 129:2
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

Psalm 129:4
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

Psalm 141:7
As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.

Lexicon
The plowmen
חָרְשׁ֣וּ (ḥā·rə·šū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

plowed
חֹרְשִׁ֑ים (ḥō·rə·šîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my back;
גַּ֭בִּי (gab·bî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks

they made their furrows
לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ (lə·ma·‘ă·nî·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4618: A field for plowing

long.
הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ (he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 748: To be, long


Additional Translations
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.

The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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

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

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

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
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