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Psalms 69:23
23Let their table before them be a snare, and what should have been for their well-being, let it be a trap.
Psalms 69:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
- New International Version (NIV)May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.
Context of Psalms 69:23
21Scorn has broken my heart, so I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but found none. 22They put gall in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Let their table before them be a snare, and what should have been for their well-being, let it be a trap. 24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see and their backs be bent forever. 25Pour out Your indignation on them. Let Your fierce anger overtake them.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:23 word by word
תֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָה עֵ֭ינֵיהֶם מֵרְא֑וֹת וּ֝מָתְנֵ֗יהֶם תָּמִ֥יד הַמְעַֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:23
- Isaiah 6:9Then He said: “Go! Tell this people: ‘Hear without understanding, and see without perceiving.’
- Isaiah 29:9Wait, and be astounded! Blind yourselves, and be blind! Drunk, but not with wine, Stagger, but not with strong drink.
- Matthew 13:14”And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing but will never understand; you will keep looking, but will never see.
- John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah also said,
- Acts 28:26saying, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing but will never understand; you will keep looking, but will never see.
- Romans 11:25For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be ignorant of this mystery—lest you be wise in your own eyes—that a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were hardened. For up to this very day the same veil remains unlifted at the reading of the ancient covenant, since in Messiah it is passing away.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among these nations you will find no rest, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot. But there Adonai will give you a trembling heart and failing eyes, and a despairing spirit.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with pain. Pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bewildered by what I hear, terrified by what I see.
- Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see whether a man can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth? Why have all faces turned pale?
- Daniel 5:6The color drained from the king’s face, his thoughts alarmed him, his hips gave way and his knees began knocking together.
- Romans 11:10Let their eyes be darkened so they do not see, and bend their back continually.”
Commentaries on Psalms 69:23
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses #(22-23), are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Ro 11:9, 10. When the supports of life and delights of sense, through the corruption of our nature, are made the food and fuel of sin, then our table is a snare. Their sin was, that they would not see, but shut their eyes against the light, loving darkness rather; their punishment was, that they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23The psalmist asks God to give his suffering (Psalm 69:3) to his enemies. Paul applied these words to the unbelieving Jews of his day (Romans 11:9–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. With unimportant verbal changes, this language is used by Paul to describe the rejection of the Jews who refused to receive the Saviour (Ro 11:9, 10). The purport of the figures used is that blessings shall become curses, the "table" of joy (as one of food) a "snare," their welfare--literally, "peaceful condition," or security, a "trap." Darkened eyes and failing strength complete the picture of the ruin falling on them under the invoked…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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