Psalms 9:15

The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.

16To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.]

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Cross References

Psalms 13:6I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.

Psalms 35:8There shall reach him a ruin he could not know,—Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!

Psalms 37:15Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.

Psalms 94:23Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.

Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.

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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