Psalms 7:15

(7:16) He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

In Context

14(7:15) Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

16(7:17) His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.

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Cross References

Job 4:8Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.

Job 15:35They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.

Psalms 10:2In the pride of the wicked doth he hotly pursue the poor: they are seized through the plans that those have devised.

Psalms 57:6(57:7) A net have they prepared for my steps; my soul hath been bent down; they have dug before me a pit; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

Psalms 119:85The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.

Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether—while I pass safely by.

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 →

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