Psalms 69 · Verse 22

Psalms 69:22

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms 69:22, King James Version

Psalms 69:22 in other translations

BSBMay their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
WEBLet their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
ASVLet their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
YLTTheir table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence--for a trap.
DARBYLet their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
BBELet their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
WebsterLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

What does Psalms 69:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:22-23
22-23. With unimportant verbal changes, this language is used by Paul to describe the rejection of the Jews who refused to receive the Saviour (Ro 11:9, 10). The purport of the figures used is that blessings shall become curses, the "table" of joy (as one of food) a "snare," their welfare--literally, "peaceful condition," or security, a "trap." Darkened eyes and failing strength complete the picture of the ruin falling on them under the invoked retribution.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Let their table become a snare - The execrations here and in the following verses should be read in the future tense, because they are predictive; and not in the imperative mood, as if they were the offspring of the psalmist's resentment: "Their table Shall become a snare; - their eyes Shall be darkened; - thou Wilt pour out thine indignation upon them; - thy wrathful anger Shall take hold of them; - their habitation Shall be desolate, - and none Shall dwell in their tents." The psalmist prophesies that the evils which they had inflicted on the Israelites should be visited on themselves; that as they had made them eat, drink, labor, and suffer, so God should in his judgment treat them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:22-29
These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses #(22-23), are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Ro 11:9, 10. When the supports of life and delights of sense, through the corruption of our nature, are made the food and fuel of sin, then our table is a snare. Their sin was, that they would not see, but shut their eyes against the light, loving darkness rather; their punishment was, that they should not see, but should be given up to their own hearts' lusts which hardened them. Those who reject God's great salvation proffered to them, may justly fear that his indignation will be poured out upon them. If men will sin, the Lord will reckon for it. But those that have multiplied to sin, may yet find mercy, through the righteousness of the Mediator. God shuts not out any from that righteousness; the gospel excludes none who do not, by unbelief, shut themselves out. But those who are proud and self-willed, so that they will not come in to God's righteousness, shall have their doom accordingly; they themselves decide it. Let those not expect any benefit thereby, who are not glad to be beholden to it. It is better to be poor and sorrowful, with the blessing of the Lord, than rich and jovial, and under his curse. This may be applied to Christ. He was, when on earth, a man of sorrows that had not where to lay his head; but God exalted him. Let us call upon the Lord, and though poor and sorrowful, guilty and defiled, his salvation will set us up on high.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 69:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהִֽי\־ye.hi-may it becomeH1961
שֻׁלְחָנָ֣םshul.cha.Namtable theirH7979
לִפְנֵיהֶ֣םlif.nei.Hem<to> before themH6440
לְפָ֑חle.Fach<into> a trapH6341
וְלִשְׁלוֹמִ֥יםve.lish.lo.Mimand for alliesH7965
לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ\׃le.mo.Kesh<into> a snareH4170

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Cross references for Psalms 69:22

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Romans 11:8-10

    (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

  • 1 Peter 2:8

    And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  • Isaiah 8:14-15

    And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Proverbs 1:32

    For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Malachi 2:2

    If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let their table, etc.Or, rather, "Their table shall become a snare; their eyes shall be darkened," etc., in the future tense.
Pr 1:32; Mal 2:2; Ro 11:8-10
a trap.
Isa 8:14,15; 1Pe 2:8

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Context

  • Psalms 69:21

    They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

  • Psalms 69:22

    Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  • Psalms 69:23

    Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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Psalms 69:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sea su mesa delante de ellos por lazo, y lo que es para bien por tropiezo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils ont mis du fiel dans ma nourriture, et, dans ma soif, ils m’ont abreuvé de vinaigre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es werde zur Schlinge vor ihnen ihr Tisch, und ihnen, den Sorglosen, zum Fallstrick!