Psalms 7:17
His trouble shall return on his own head, 1 And his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
16He has opened a pit, and dug it up, 1 And he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 1
Cross References
Judges 9:57And all the wickedness of the men of Shechem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, even Abner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Judah.
Psalms 9:2I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; 1 I will recount all thy wonderful works. 1
Psalms 92:1For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. 1 The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: 1 The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; 1 For he has established the world, which shall not be moved. 1
Psalms 98:2The Lord is great in Zion, 1 And is high over all the people. 1
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 →