Psalms 135:17-18

135:17 and ears, but cannot hear.

Indeed, they cannot breathe. ¹ 

135:18 Those who make them will end up ²  like them,

as will everyone who trusts in them.

[135:17]  ¹ tn Heb “indeed, there is not breath in their mouth.” For the collocation אַף אֵין (’af ’en, “indeed, there is not”) see Isa 41:26. Another option is to take אַף as “nose” (see Ps 115:6), in which case one might translate, “a nose, [but] they have no breath in their mouths.”

[135:18]  ² tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.”