Psalms 7:15

15 Anyone who digs a hole and shovels it out falls into the pit he has 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 has made his flaming arrows ready.
14 Anyone who is full of evil plans trouble and ends up telling lies.
15 Anyone who digs a hole and shovels it out falls into the pit he has made.
16 The trouble he causes comes back on him. The terrible things he does come down on his own head.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD because he does what is right. I will sing praise to the LORD Most High.
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