Psalm 129:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Upon my back the plowers plowed, as they traced their long furrows.

Cross References

Job 39:10

Will you bind the wild ox with a rope in the furrow, and will he plow the valleys after you?

Psalm 141:7

Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth, our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; My face I did not hide from insults and spitting.

Isaiah 51:23

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, those who said to you, “Bow down, that we may walk over you.” So you offered your back like the ground, like the street for them to walk on.