Psalms 7:15

15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out, but fell into the hole he had made.

Psalms 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 7:15

He made a pit and digged it
That is, he digged a pit, and made it very large and capacious, to answer his purposes;

and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made;
so it is said of the Heathen, ( Psalms 9:15 ) ; and is exemplified in the case of Haman, who was hanged upon the gallows he had built for Mordecai. Kimchi explains this of Saul's falling upon his own sword, and dying by it, which he drew against David; phrase is proverbial, ( Proverbs 26:27 ) ( Ecclesiastes 10:8 ) ; the sense of this and the above figurative expressions is literally and properly given in ( Psalms 7:16 ) .

Psalms 7:15 In-Context

13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He tips His arrows with fire.

14 See, he is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out, but fell into the hole he had made.

16 His trouble comes back on his own head, and his violence falls on the top of his head.

17 I will thank the Lord for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of the Lord, the Most High.