KJV King James Version
The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
WEB World English Bible
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
ASV American Standard Version
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Surrounding context — Psalm 9
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
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Psalm 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.Psalm 7:15-16He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.Psalm 35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.Psalm 94:23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.Psalm 37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
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