The Meaning of Psalms 7:15 Explained

Psalms 7:15

KJV: He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

YLT: A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

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

ASV: He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He made  a pit,  and digged  it, and is fallen  into the ditch  [which] he made. 

What does Psalms 7:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 7:1-17 - Refuge In God From Evil Men
This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 25:1-44; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Cush, or "dark-complexioned," may refer to a Benjamite who was David's calumniator with Saul. If David needed deliverance from his foes, how much more do we from Satan! 1 Peter 5:8-9.
So far from being guilty of the offense charged against him, David on two occasions had spared Saul's life, 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Mine honor, Psalms 7:5, is probably another word for "soul," Genesis 49:6. It seems as if, Psalms 7:6-9, God has abdicated His throne, and the suppliant is pleading with him to resume it, with no fear as to the verdict. Evil recoils, like the boomerang, on those who set it in motion. Ralph the Rover perished on the Inchcape Rock, whose warning bell he had destroyed. The hunter falls into the pit prepared in the forest track for his prey, Judges 1:7. What a noble prayer in Psalms 7:9! [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 7

1  David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
10  By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies

What do the individual words in Psalms 7:15 mean?

A pit He made and dug it out and has fallen into the ditch [which] he made
בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל

בּ֣וֹר  A  pit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּור 
Sense: pit, well, cistern.
כָּ֭רָֽה  He  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּר 
Sense: to dig, excavate, dig through.
וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ  and  dug  it  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפַר  
Sense: to dig, search for.
וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל  and  has  fallen 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בְּשַׁ֣חַת  into  the  ditch 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שַׁחַת  
Sense: pit, destruction, grave.
יִפְעָֽל  [which]  he  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּעַל  
Sense: to do, make.