What did David mean in Psalm 69 when he said 'Let their table be made a snare'?
David meant that Israel, as a nation, was feasting at God’s own table and enjoying His blessings, yet in unbelief and rejection of Jehovah’s goodness those blessings became a snare, trap, stumbling block, and recompense. Consequently God put spiritual blindness upon them, darkening their eyes so they would not see.
Les teaches that in Romans 11:9 David’s quotation describes Israel nationally feasting at the very table of God Himself. But because they did not believe and rejected all the good things Jehovah had showered upon them, that table became a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a recompense. The result was that their spiritual eyes were darkened and their backs bowed down always. Les explains that in their unbelief God made sure they would not believe by placing spiritual blindness upon the nation. He also reminds listeners that God deals with the Jew on two levels, national and individual. Nationally they are blinded, waiting for the return of their Messiah at the end of the tribulation, when the remnant will be saved. But today, in the age of grace, an individual Jew has every opportunity to believe the Gospel, so no one should feel sorry for the Jew as though he has no chance.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
More Questions
What table was the psalmist referring to in "let their table be made a snare"?
The "table" the psalmist spoke of when he said "let their table be made a snare" was God's table, the same table pictured in the Shepherd's Psalm where God prepares a table before his own.