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Psalm 7

Psa. 7:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He τmade
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
a pit
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
, and digged
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and ish fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into the ditch
shachath (Hebrew #7845)
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Pronounce: shakh'-ath
Origin: from 7743
which he made
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
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hath digged a pit.
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Esther 9:25• 25but when it came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (Esther 9:25)
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Eccl. 10:8• 8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it,{HR}And whoso breaketh through a fence,{HR}A serpent biteth him. (Eccl. 10:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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made.
Heb. hath digged.
Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 119:85• 85Proud [men] dig for me pits,{HR}Which [is], not according to thy law. (Psa. 119:85)
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Job 6:27• 27Ye would even let fall on the orphan,{HR}And would traffic for your friend. (Job 6:27)
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Jer. 18:20• 20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. (Jer. 18:20)
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Psa. 9:15‑16• 15The Gentiles have sunk into the pit [which] they made;{HR}In the very net [which] they hid is their foot taken.
 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:15‑16)
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Psa. 10:2• 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised. (Psa. 10:2)
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Psa. 35:8• 8Destruction shall come upon him, he shall not know;{HR}And his net which he hid shall catch him;{HR}Into destruction shall he fall in it. (Psa. 35:8)
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Psa. 94:13• 13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,{HR}Until the pit be digged for the wicked. (Psa. 94:13)
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Psa. 140:9‑10• 9[As for] the head of my surroundings,{HR}Let the mischief of their lips cover them.
 10Let burning coals be cast upon them;{HR}Let them be cast into the fire,{HR}Into deep water that they rise not. (Psa. 140:9‑10)
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Psa. 141:10• 10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,{HR}While for my part I escape. (Psa. 141:10)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)
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Job 4:8• 8So far as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,{HR}And they that sow trouble, reap the same. (Job 4:8)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
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Prov. 26:27• 27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;{HR}And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. (Prov. 26:27)
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Eccl. 10:8‑9• 8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it,{HR}And whoso breaketh through a fence,{HR}A serpent biteth him.
 9Whoso moveth stones is hurt therewith;{HR}He that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. (Eccl. 10:8‑9)
• {v.15-16} In the government of God the one that devises mischief will fall into the pit that he has dug for others. (“Psalm 7” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

W. Kelly Translation

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He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.