Mazmur 78:30

78:30 They were not yet filled up, ¹ 

their food was still in their mouths,

Mazmur 135:17

135:17 and ears, but cannot hear.

Indeed, they cannot breathe. ² 

[78:30]  ¹ tn Heb “they were not separated from their desire.”

[135:17]  ² 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.”