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 the real speaker, assumes the character Judge. The Jews' table was their high religious privileges (Psalms 23:5), which, through their resting on them as ends, instead of as means, proved their deadly snare. The Passover-table and the sacrificial tables were abrogated by His death. Romans 11:9-10 quotes Psalms 69:22-23 as fulfilled in the fate of the Jews. 'All the blessings of life become fraught with death to the reprobate' (Calvin).
And (that which should have been) for (their) welfare (let it become) a trap. The Chaldaic translates, 'let their sacrifices be to them a stumblingblock. This is probable, because the Hebrew of 'for their peace' or "welfare" is plural-lishelomim, 'offerings which appertain to their peace,' 'sacrificial peace offerings.' The mention in the context of "their table" accords with this view; because in peace offerings the sacrificers feasted on the flesh of the victims after the fat had been burnt before the Lord, and the breast and shoulder given to the priests. It betokened the enjoyment of communion with God at the "table of the Lord," on which their sacrificial meats were served (Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:12), in the gifts which he bestowed, of which a choice portion was given to Him and to His servants. The Jews' "table" became, by their perversely rejecting the One only sacrifice, and adhering to the typical sacrifices when these had lost their meaning, their table, not the table of Yahweh; and so their trap causing them to incur rejection by God.