Psa 105:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. hurt with fetters — ( ). was laid in iron —literally, "his soul" (see on ), or, "he came into iron," or, he was bound to his grief (compare ). The "soul" is put for the whole person, because the soul of the captive suffers still more than the body. Joseph is referred to as being an appropriate type of those "bound in affliction and iron" ( ).

Psalms 105:18

18. hurt with fetters— (Ge 40:3).

was laid in iron—literally, "his soul" (see on Ps 16:10), or, "he came into iron," or, he was bound to his grief (compare Ps 3:2; 11:1). The "soul" is put for the whole person, because the soul of the captive suffers still more than the body. Joseph is referred to as being an appropriate type of those "bound in affliction and iron" (Ps 107:10).