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Psalms 7:15
15Wicked people want to hurt people. They are digging a deep hole for people to fall into. But they fall into the hole themselves!
Psalms 7:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Context of Psalms 7:15
13He will prepare his dangerous weapons. He is ready to shoot his arrows that burn with fire. 14Look! Wicked people prepare to do evil things! They want to cause trouble. Like a pregnant woman, what starts inside them comes out into the open! They give birth to lies that deceive people. Wicked people want to hurt people. They are digging a deep hole for people to fall into. But they fall into the hole themselves! 16The ideas that they have to hurt other people bring trouble on themselves! They want to be cruel to other people, but they themselves receive the pain! 17So I will thank the Lord because he does what is right. The Lord is the Most High God, so I will sing to praise his name!
Read all of Psalms 7Psalms 7:15 word by word
בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 7:15
- Psalms 35:7They hid a trap to catch me. There was no reason for them to do that. They even dug a deep hole for me to fall into.
- Psalms 119:85Proud people want to catch me in their traps. That is against your Law!
- Job 6:27You would play a game to win a child who has no family. You would even sell your friends to become rich yourselves.
- Jeremiah 18:20I have done good things for them, but they are paying me back with evil things. They have already dug a grave for me! Remember that I stood in front of you and I asked you to forgive them. I asked you not to be angry with them.
- Psalms 9:15Into the deep hole that they dug, the nations themselves fell. The net that they hid to catch me, caught their own feet!
- Psalms 10:2Wicked people are cruel to poor people. They use their evil ideas to take hold of weak people.
- Psalms 35:8Surprise my enemies and destroy them! Let their own traps catch them! Let them fall to their own death!
- Psalms 94:13When those people have troubles, you keep them safe. Then the wicked people fall into a deep hole that you have dug to catch them.
- Psalms 140:9Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack! Let the bad things that they say against me happen to them instead!
- Psalms 141:10May those bad people fall into their own traps! Then I will be free from their power.
- Esther 7:10So they took Haman and they hanged him on the tower until he was dead. It was the same tower that Haman had wanted to kill Mordecai on. After that, the king did not feel so angry.
- Job 4:8I will tell you what I have seen. Trouble comes to people who do wicked things. They receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Proverbs 5:22The sins of a wicked person will be the trap that catches him. They will hold him like strong ropes.
- Proverbs 26:27If a man digs a deep hole as a trap, he will fall into it himself. If a man pushes a stone to fall on someone, it will fall back on him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8If you dig a deep hole, you might fall into it. If you knock down a wall, a snake might bite you.
Commentaries on Psalms 7:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15He made a pit - He determined the destruction of David. He laid his plans with much artifice; he executed them with zeal and diligence; and when he had, as he supposed, the grave of David digged, he fell into it himself! The metaphor is taken from pits dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds &c. so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; but the animal steps on them, the surface breaks, and he falls into the pit and is taken. "All the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15He made a pit - The allusion here is undoubtedly to a method of hunting wild beasts which was common in ancient times. It consists in digging a pit-fall, and covering it over with brush and grass so as to deceive the animals, and then enclosing them and driving them into it. See the notes at Isaiah 24:17. And digged it - And hollowed it out so as to be large enough to contain his prey, and so deep that he could not escape if he fell into it. The idea is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17This psalm includes the following: A lament (Psalm 7:1–2): The psalmist cries out to God for help and protection from enemies. An oath of innocence (Psalm 7:3–5): The psalmist declares that he has done no wrong and maintains his integrity. A call for God's justice (Psalm 7:6–9): He asks God to act against evildoers and defend the righteous. An affirmation of God’s just kingship (Psalm 7:10–16): The psalmist praises God as a fair judge who rules the world…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. 1Sa 18:17; 31:2 illustrate the statement whether alluded to or not. These verses are expository of Psa 7:14, showing how the devices of the wicked end in disappointment, falsifying their expectations.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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