Psalms 7:15

15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others].

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 prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows.

14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies.

15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others].

16 His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.

17 I will give thanks to the LORD for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the LORD Most High.