Tree of Life Version
Psalms 7:15
15Look! The one pregnant with trouble conceives mischief and brings forth deceit.
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
13If He does not relent, He will sharpen His sword. He has bent His bow and made it ready. 14He prepares His own deadly weapons. He makes His fiery arrows. Look! The one pregnant with trouble conceives mischief and brings forth deceit. 16He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made. 17His mischief will turn on his own head. His violence will boomerang on his crown.
Read all of Psalms 7Psalms 7:15 word by word
בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 7:15
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 119:85The proud have dug pits for me— that is not in accord with Your Torah!
- Job 6:27Would you cast lots for an orphan, and barter over your friend?
- Jeremiah 18:20Will good be repaid for evil? For they dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Psalms 9:15Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
- Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked hotly hunts the poor. Let them be caught in the plots they have planned.
- Psalms 35:8Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
- Psalms 94:13to give him rest from days of trouble —until a pit is dug for the wicked.
- Psalms 140:9Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah
- Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
- Job 4:8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow harm, reap them.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
- Proverbs 26:27Whoever digs a pit will fall in it, and whoever rolls a stone— it will come back upon him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence may be bitten by a snake.
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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