Psalms 7:17

17 convertetur dolor eius in caput eius et in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius descendet

Psalms 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 7:17

I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness
Or on account of it, as it was displayed in vindicating the innocent, and punishing the wicked; so Pharaoh having ordered male infants of the Hebrews to be drowned, and he himself and his host in righteous judgment being drowned in the Red sea; Moses and the children of Israel sung a song, as the psalmist here;

and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high;
whose name is Jehovah, and is the most High over all the earth; and who had now, according to the psalmist's request, ( Psalms 7:6 Psalms 7:7 ) ; arose and lifted up himself, and returned on high, and had shown himself to be above all David's enemies, and had sat on the throne judging right.

Psalms 7:17 In-Context

15 ecce parturiit iniustitiam *et; concepit dolorem et peperit iniquitatem

16 lacum aperuit et effodit eum et incidet in foveam quam fecit

17 convertetur dolor eius in caput eius et in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius descendet

18 confitebor Domino secundum iustitiam eius et psallam nomini Domini altissimi