Psalms 69:22

22. From this to Psalms 69:28 the strain turns to solemn imprecation. On the grammatical and moral sense of these so-called imprecations see notes on Psalms 109:0.

Let their table become a snare Eating together is, in the East, proverbially both a token and a pledge of friendship. No Oriental betrays his own guest.

That which should have been for their welfare… a trap Literally, and the things of peace for a trap. The idea in both members of the verse is, that they would be brought to such a condition of alarm, danger, and distrust, that the occasions and things which seemingly proffered the greatest safety and friendship would turn out to be only snares and traps. To this condition they had already reduced David; but, more than this, the passage prophetically applies to Christ, and the perfidy of Pharisees and false friends.