Psalms 7:15
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
In Context
14The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
16On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
Cross References
Psalms 10:2The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.
Psalms 57:6They set a net for my feet, but in it was their own foot caught. Before me they dug a pit, but they fell into it themselves. Selah
Psalms 119:85Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
Psalms 141:10Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
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 →