Psalms 2:3

The words of the kings and rulers exhorting one another to cast off the yokeof subjection. Bands are the fastenings by which the yoke was secured upon the neck (Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 30:8; Nahum 1:13; &c.): cords are perhaps merely synonymous with bands: but as the language of the previous clause is derived from the figure of an ox yoked for ploughing, cordsmay naturally be understood to mean the reins by which the animal was guided and kept under control. Cp. Job 39:10; Hosea 11:4.