Psalms 69:22
(69-23) Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
21(69-22) Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
23(69-24) Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
Malachi 2:2If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I curse them, because ye do not lay it to heart.
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 →