“And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." — Psalm 69:22 (cited from the LXX) continues the pattern of scriptural evidence. The table of provision becomes a trap (pagis)—blessing inverted into judgment. David's psalm, like Elijah's experience, shows Israel's scriptures themselves testify to this hardening pattern.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:9
“Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block.” Psalm 69:22-23 That is, let their comforts and all their good things change and perish, and let them be open to attack from any one. And to show that this is in punishment for sins that they suffer this, he adds, “and a recompense unto them.”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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