Bible Strands
Psalms 7:15
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses God in a legal complaint (miktam), declaring the fate of his adversary within a three-verse unit on the wicked man's self-destruction (vv. 14–16).
The words — The verse pairs two digging verbs, כָּרָה (kā·rāh, "he digs") and חָפַר (ḥā·p̄ar, "he hollows out"), with two pit nouns, בּוֹר (bōr) and שַׁחַת (šā·ḥaṯ), intensifying the image of deliberate, laborious self-trapping.
The thread — Proverbs 26:27 states the same principle in a single aphorism; Job 4:8 and Psalms 141:10 echo the reap-what-you-sow logic.
Why it lands — It holds up a mirror: the verse does not describe divine punishment so much as the natural collapse of a scheme built on its own premises.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Cross-references
- Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Psalms 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
- Proverbs 26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- Psalms 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Psalms 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 140:9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.