Psalms 7:17
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
Cross References
Judges 9:57The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it, Abner the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, general of the army of Juda.
Psalms 9:2I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
Psalms 51:14Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
Psalms 92:1A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.
Psalms 98:2The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.
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 →