Psalms 7:16
(7-17) His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15(7-16) He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:9And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: 'Bring hither the ephod.'
1 Samuel 26:10And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away.
1 Samuel 31:3And the battle went sore against Saul, an the archers overtook him; and he was in great anguish by reason of the archers.
1 Kings 21:19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou killed, and also taken possessions? and thou shalt speak unto him, saying: Thus saith the LORD: In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'
Esther 9:25but when she came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Psalms 9:16(9-17) The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
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 →