Psalms 129:3
The plowmen plowed over my back;
What it says
The plowmen plowed across Israel's back and made long furrows.
What it is doing
This verse gives persecution its most vivid bodily image.
In context
1A song of ascents. 2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, 3The plowmen plowed over my back; 4The LORD is righteous; 5May all who hate Zion 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, 8May none who pass by say to them,