22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(B)

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  1. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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22 (A)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
23 (B)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.

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22 (A)Let their own (B)table before them become a snare;
    (C)and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[a]
23 (D)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
    (E)and make their loins tremble continually.

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  1. Psalm 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap