Psalms 7:15
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
In Context
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Cross References
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Psalms 10:2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
Psalms 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over.
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 →