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Psalms 69:22

20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

21 They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
KJV
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
WEB
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
ASV
Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
DARBY
Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
BLB
May their table before them become a snare, and for a recompense—for a trap!
ÅB
La deres bord bli til en strikke for deres åsyn og til en snare for dem når de er trygge!
OTB
Måtte deres bord foran dem bli en snare;
Og når de føler seg trygge, måtte det bli en felle.
B1930
La deres bord bli til en strikke for deres åsyn og til en snare for dem når de er trygge!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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  • Romans 11:8–10

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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  • 1 Peter 2:8

    and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

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  • Isaiah 8:14–15

    And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

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  • Proverbs 1:32

    For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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  • Malachi 2:2

    If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

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