Psalm 7:15

15 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 7:15 In-Context

13 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.

14 Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.

15 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

16 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.