Psalms 7:15
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
In Context
14Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
16His mischief, turneth back, on his own head,—and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
Cross References
Job 4:8So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
Job 15:35Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
Psalms 10:2In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
Psalms 57:6A net, did they fix for my steps, My soul was bowed down,—They digged before me a pit, They fell into the midst thereof! [Selah.]
Psalms 119:85Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
Psalms 141:10They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
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 →