Psalms 69:22

69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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

KJV

Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

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

69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

What does Psalms 69:22 mean?

Psalms 69:22 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֻׁלְחָן (shulchân), פַּח (pach), פָּנִים (pânîym).

Hebrew interlinear

Let

their

tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchân/shool-khawn'/H7979a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal

become

snareפַּחpach/pakh/H6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

them:

and

that

which

should

have

been

for

their

welfare,שָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

let

become

trap.מוֹקֵשׁmôwqêsh/mo-kashe'/H4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:22.

Amos 3:5

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Isaiah 8:14

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Joshua 23:13

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Psalms 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:22 say?

Psalms 69:22 (King James Version) reads: "Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap."

Is Psalms 69:22 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:22 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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