Mazmur 105:18

105:18 The shackles hurt his feet; ¹ 

his neck was placed in an iron collar, ² 

Mazmur 149:8

149:8 They bind ³  their kings in chains,

and their nobles in iron shackles,

[105:18]  ¹ tn Heb “they afflicted his feet with shackles.”

[105:18]  ² tn Heb “his neck came [into] iron.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with the suffix could mean simply “he” or “his life.” But the nuance “neck” makes good sense here (note the reference to his “feet” in the preceding line). See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 38.

[149:8]  ³ tn Heb “to bind.”