Psalms 69:22

Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence — for a trap.

Young's Literal Translation

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

21And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

23Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

Malachi 2:2If ye hearken not, and if ye lay [it] not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying [it] to heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:3for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail [doth] her who is with child, and they shall 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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