Psalms 69:22

(69:23) May [then] their table become a snare before them: and to those that are at peace, a trap.

Leeser Tanakh

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

21(69:22) And they put into my food gall; and in my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

23(69:24) May their eyes become dark, that they cannot see; and make their loins continually to waver.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:32For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.

Malachi 2:2If 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 out against you a curse, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I will curse the same, 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 →

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