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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:22

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 prediction, and not of imprecation. The meaning of the whole verse is this, "The oblations and prayers of those who have dealt thus barbarously. with me, shall be so far from pacifying God, or being accepted by him, that like the offerings to false gods, styled the preparing a table, &c. Isaiah 65:11 they shall provoke God, and turn to their mischief." See Romans 11:9. The 25th verse had a most eminent completion in the final destruction of the Jewish state and nation.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 69:22. _LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE_] The execrations here and in the following verses should be read in the _future_ tense, because they are _predictive_; and not in the _imperative...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE BEFORE THEM - These verses are quoted by Paul Romans 11:9 as descriptive of the character of persons in his time, or as “language” which would express what he desired to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...

  • 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 of tho...

  • 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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Let their table before them become a snare; Yea, when they are at peace, let it become a trap. The language is suggested by the metaphors of the preceding verse. They had aggravated the sufferings o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    At the thought of the intolerable inhumanity of his enemies he can no longer restrain himself, and breaks out into fierce imprecation. Some commentators, feeling the difficulty of such imprecations pr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...

  • 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 the re...

  • 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 suffer...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND _that which._. WELFARE] RV 'and when they are in peace.' This v. is quoted freely along with Psalms 69:23 in Romans 11:9....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • 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 back...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 69:23]_ יְהִֽי ־שֻׁלְחָנָ֣ם לִ פְנֵיהֶ֣ם לְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 69:1 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 was the a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “JEHOVAH HEARETH THE NEEDY” Psalms 69:18 In Psalms 69:19 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both Matthew and Jo...

  • 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 ter...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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, which...

  • 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 asc...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 allow himse...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 reverse...

  • 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 ba...

  • 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 futur...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PLEA FOR VENGEANCE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 BECOME A...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-29 These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses Psalms 69:22; Psalms 69:23, are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Romans 11:9;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 transla...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 69:22 table H7979 snare H6341 before H6440 well-being H7965 trap H4170 Let their table - Proverbs 1:32;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...

  • 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 Jew...

  • 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 his s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:22 In Romans 11:9, Paul cites this curse to explain why his fellow Jews who reject the message of Christ have been hardened. He also explains why the curse is not final: it is...

  • The 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 Psa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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). It is said to be "written in the style of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:8; Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:15; Malachi 2:2; Proverbs 1:32;...

  • 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 become a s...

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