Psalms Chapter 69 verse 22 Holy Bible
Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.
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Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
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Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
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Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
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They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
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Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 22-29. - The imagination of the cruelties to be inflicted on his innocent Descendant works up the psalmist to a pitch of passionate resentment, which finds vent in a series of bitter imprecations, very distasteful to many. They are less startling, however, than some to be found elsewhere, as in Psalm 102. We may view them either as an outpouring of righteous indignation upon the enemies, not of David only, but of God; or as a series of prophetic denunciations, whereby the wicked of David's time were warned of the consequences of such wickedness as theirs, and stimulated to repentance. Verse 22. - Let their table become a snare before them. It is not very clear how their table was to ensnare them: perhaps by encouraging them to gluttony and sensuousness, and bringing upon them the diseases which those sins breed; perhaps by leading them to an ostentatious display of wealth and luxury (comp. Ezekiel 23:40, 41). And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let them be trapped by the good things of their table, like a wild beast by a bait.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Let their table.--The form of this imprecation is, of course, suggested by the figurative language immediately preceding. Life had been made bitter by rancour and enmity, and the psalmist hurls back his curses, couched in the terms which had arisen to his lips to express his own misery.And that which.--Rather, and to them in peace a noose. Seated at the banquet, amid every sign of peace, and every means of enjoyment, let their surroundings of security and pleasure become their snare and ruin. (Comp. 1Thessalonians 5:3. See St. Paul's citation, Romans 11:9, New Testament Commentary.)
