Psalms 9:15

(9:16) Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught.

Leeser Tanakh

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

14(9:15) In order that I may relate all thy praises in the gates of the daughters of Zion: I will be glad in thy salvation.

16(9:17) The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:6I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 35:8May then destruction come upon each of them at unawares; and may his net that he hath hidden catch himself: in [utter] destruction let him fall therein.

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

Psalms 94:23And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.

Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.

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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