Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
- BSB May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- NKJV Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.
- NASB ¶May their table before them become a snare; And when they are at peace, may it become a trap.
- NLT Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare and their prosperity become a trap.
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Quick answer
David prays that his enemies' table and security would become a snare and trap to them. It calls for God's just judgment on persistent persecutors.
Overview
David asks that the very comforts and prosperity of his enemies turn into a trap of judgment against them. This is one of the imprecatory, or judgment-invoking, sections, appealing to God for justice rather than taking personal revenge. Paul applies these verses to those who rejected the gospel (Romans 11:9-10), showing how rejection of God's Messiah brings judgment, while leaving vengeance to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Th 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Rom 11:8–10(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
- 1 Pet 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
- Isa 8:14–15And 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.
- Prov 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Mal 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
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