Psalms 69:22

Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT).

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and bow down their back (LXX/NT) continually.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:32For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it

1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:14-22

Complaints and Petitions. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy… Read the whole commentary →

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