Psalms 69:22

“Let their table before them become a snare, and for those at peace a trap.”
Psalms 69:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Letיְהִיtheir tableשֻׁלְחָנָםbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםbecomeיְהִיa snare,לְפָחand for those at peaceוְלִשְׁלוֹמִיםa trap.לְמוֹקֵשׁ

Quotation · Romans 11:9-10

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Paul quotes Psalm 69:22-23. Where the Hebrew says “make their loins shake continually,” Romans says “bend their back continually.”

Formula: καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει “and David says” (Romans 11:9)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει Γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα καὶ εἰς θήραν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδομα αὐτοῖς σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύγκαμψον

Hebrew (Masoretic text): יְהִי שֻׁלְחָנָם לִפְנֵיהֶם לְפָח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִים לְמוֹקֵשׁ תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה עֵינֵיהֶם מֵרְאוֹת וּמָתְנֵיהֶם תָּמִיד הַמְעַד

Septuagint (Psalms 68:23-24 in the Septuagint numbering): γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν. καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον· καὶ τὸν υῶτον αὐτῶν διὰ παντὸς σύνκαμψον·

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 69:22, word by word

Letיְהִיyehi

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yehi” appears

their tableשֻׁלְחָנָshulchana

table

A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.

Where else “shulchana” appears

before themפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fene” appears

a snareפָחfach

snare

A bird trap; a hidden danger.

Where else “fach” appears

and for those at peaceשְׁלוֹמִיםshelomim

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

Where else “shelomim” appears

a trapמוֹקֵשׁmokesh

snare

Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.

Where else “mokesh” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes verses 22 and 23 in Romans 11:9-10.

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Quotation · Romans 11:9-10

Paul quotes Psalm 69:22-23. Where the Hebrew says “make their loins shake continually,” Romans says “bend their back continually.”

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Psalms 69:22

²²Let their table before them become a snare, and for those at peace a trap.

Romans 11:9-10

⁹And David says: Let their table become a snare and a trap and an offense and a retribution to them;

The context

21And they put in my food poison, and for my thirst they gave me to drink sour wine.

22 · This verse (above)

23Let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their loins make shake continually.

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