Psalms 105:18

Misinterpretations of this verse often wrongly attribute Joseph's suffering directly to God rather than to the actions of unjust men like Potiphar's household, ignoring the broader context of Psalm 105's praise for God's deliverance; others might extract it to promote a prosperity gospel reversal by implying all suffering leads to immediate promotion without recognizing the testing 'until the time that his word came,' or allegorize the irons as personal sins needing punishment, detached from the historical narrative of Joseph's innocence and God's sovereignty.

Psalms 105:18 recounts the harsh imprisonment of Joseph in Egypt, where his feet were painfully shackled and his body confined in irons by his captors, emphasizing the depth of suffering he endured as part of God's providential plan to prepare and elevate him from slavery to rulership, demonstrating divine faithfulness amid human affliction until the fulfillment of God's promise.