Psalms 7:15
He made a pit and digged it. And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
In Context
14Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment!
16His mischief returneth upon his own head, And his violence cometh down upon his own skull.
Cross References
Job 4:8According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”
Psalms 10:2Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.
Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have digged a pit before me, But into it they have themselves fallen.
Psalms 119:85The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall together into their own traps, Whilst I make my 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 →