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16 For he shattered the bronze gates,
and hacked through the iron bars.[a]
17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways,[b]
and suffered because of their sins.
18 They lost their appetite for all food,[c]
and they drew near the gates of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 107:16 sn The language of v. 16 recalls Isa 45:2.
  2. Psalm 107:17 tn Heb “fools [they were] because of the way of their rebellion.”
  3. Psalm 107:18 tn Heb “all food their appetite loathed.”