Psalms 69:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 69:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let their table become a snare before them - These verses are quoted by Paul Romans 11:9-10 as descriptive of the character of persons in his time, or as “language” which would express what he...
Psalms 69:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let their (r) table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. (r) He desires God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, whic...
Psalms 69:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXIX. A Prayer for Deliverance and Revenge. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship ( Psalms 69:9 ). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches o...
Psalms 69:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Let, &c. Imprecation. Suitable for. dispensation of Law and Judgment; not for this Day of Grace. See Romans 11:9 ; Romans 11:10 .
Psalms 69:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. Let their table before them be for a snare. Here we have a series of dire imprecations, with respect to which we must bear in mind, what we have elsewhere observed, that David did not al...
Psalms 69:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their table become a snare - The execrations here and in the following v...
Psalms 69:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let their table, &c.— Their table shall be for a snare before them, and their peace-offerings for a trap. This and the following verses are to be understood in the future tense, by way of pre...
Psalms 69:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their table become a snare before them. Here Christ, the antitype and...
Psalms 69:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31 , 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suf...
Psalms 69:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let their table. — The form of this imprecation is, of course, suggested by the figurative language immediately preceding. Life had been made bitter by rancour and enmity, and the psalmist hurls ba...
Psalms 69:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:1-36 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35 . The supposition that Jeremiah...
Psalms 69:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Jehovah Heareth the Needy” Psalms 69:18-36 In Psalms 69:19-21 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both...
Psalms 69:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and te...
Psalms 69:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may accept these verses as so many expressions of prophecy, which were literally fulfilled, as our Lord elsewhere predicted, in the siege and overthrow of Jerusalem, about forty years after the as...
Psalms 69:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let their table become a snare before them ,.... This and the following imprecations were not the effects of a spirit of private revenge; of which there was no appearance in Christ, but all the reve...
Psalms 69:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. Ver. 22. Let their table become a snare before them ] Let them eat their...
Psalms 69:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let their table , &c. Dr. Waterland renders the verse, Their table shall be for a snare before them, and their peace-offerings for a trap. “This and the following verses are to be read in the...
Psalms 69:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pleading with God; Prophetic Imprecations. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have b...
Psalms 69:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These and the following words, which are expressed in the form of imprecations, are thought by divers to be and that the imperatives are put for the as sometimes they are. And accordingly they transl...
Psalms 69:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “ To the chief musician .” See the introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shoshannim . See the introduction to...
Psalms 69:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Je...
Psalms 69:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time. The compassionable, commendable, and censurable I. The compassionable. The representation which the author here gives of hi...
Psalms 69:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins ( Psalms 69:5 ), but mainly for the sake of God ( Psalms 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
Psalms 69:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let their table become a snare before them, spread for a banquet as it appeared, Psalms 23:5 , it should become a trap to the enemies; and that which should have been for their welfare, let it beco...
Psalms 69:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:8 ; Isaiah 8:14 ; Isaiah 8:15 ; Malachi 2:2 ; Proverbs 1:32 ; Romans 11:8-10
Psalms 69:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their table — And this punishment in their table, exactly answers their sin, in giving Christ gall for his meat, Psalms 69:21 . A snare — Their table or meat, which is set before them, shall becom...

Psalms 69:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 69:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 69:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 69:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 69:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 69:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes