Psalms 7:17
His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
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16He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
Cross References
Judges 9:57The Shechemites also were given retribution for what they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, fell upon them.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall repay his blood upon his own head. For he killed two men, just and better than himself, and he killed them with the sword, while my father, David, did not know it: Abner, the son of Ner, leader of the military of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, leader of the army of Judah.
Psalms 9:2I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.
Psalms 92:1The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. In the time before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded. The Lord has reigned. He has been clothed with beauty. The Lord has been clothed with strength, and he has girded himself. Yet he has also confirmed the world, which will not be moved.
Psalms 98:2The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all peoples.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:11-17
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he… Read the whole commentary →