Psalms 7:15
(7-16) He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
In Context
Cross References
Job 4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 57:6(57-7) They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. 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 I withal escape.
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 →