Psalms 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

In Context

14That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

16Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:6I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Psalms 37:15their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Psalms 94:23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 9:12-20

A Call to Praise God; Certain Ruin of the Wicked. 11 Sing praises to the Lord , which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk… Read the whole commentary →

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