Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death -- i:e., in a dark and terrible prison: an image of the extreme misery of Israel (Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 49:9). So also "the shadow of death" - i:e., the thickest gloom (Psalms 23:4).
Being bound in affliction and iron - i:e., with the iron bonds of affliction; figurative of affliction which as it were binds one down so as to admit of no release. Compare Psalms 107:41; Psalms 105:18, margin; Job 36:8. The verb to the nominative in this verse follows in Psalms 107:15. 'These should praise the Lord.' etc.