The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Back. Hebrew, "labourers have laboured on my neck "(St. Jerome) or "back. "They have made me bear the yoke, or have ploughed up my back. This proverbial expression shows the cruelty of the Babylonians, (Calmet) and of the enemies of Christ, (Isaias l. 6.) and the martyrs. (Theodoret)
Hebrew charash, means also to work like a blacksmith, Genesis iv. 22. (Berthier)
The Church bears patiently all crosses. Sinners build on her, or even on God's back, when they go on in their wicked ways, presuming that they will be saved at last by the sacraments (Worthington)
