Psalms 129:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”
  • Ps 141:7 : 7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 129:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1A song of ascents.“Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

    2“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

  • Ps 129:4
    76%

    4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • Job 30:10-13
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    10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

    11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

    13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

    14נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

  • Lam 3:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

    5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

  • Ps 73:14
    74%

    14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Job 16:13-14
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    74%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

  • Isa 50:6
    73%

    6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

  • Ps 69:26
    73%

    26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

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    73%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Lam 3:1
    73%

    1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

  • Lam 3:9
    73%

    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • Prov 23:35
    73%

    35You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Isa 51:23
    73%

    23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

  • Ps 57:6
    72%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Lam 3:11
    72%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Job 4:8
    72%

    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

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  • Ps 22:16
    72%

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Ps 143:3
    72%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • Ps 3:1
    72%

    1A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

  • Job 30:17
    72%

    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

  • Ps 73:21
    72%

    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • Ps 35:26
    72%

    26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

  • Nah 1:12
    72%

    12Oracle of Deliverance to Judah This is what the LORD says:“Even though they are powerful– and what is more, even though their army is numerous– nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

  • Ps 107:39
    72%

    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

  • Ps 35:12
    71%

    12They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

  • Isa 21:3
    71%

    3For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

  • Ps 18:38
    71%

    38I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

  • Job 13:26
    71%

    26For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

  • Ps 56:5
    71%

    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

  • Job 31:38
    71%

    38Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    14May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Lam 3:20
    71%

    20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

  • Rom 11:10
    71%

    10let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

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    71%

    2May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 129:7
    71%

    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • Lam 3:16
    71%

    16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.