Psalms 9 · Verse 15

Psalms 9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 9:15, King James Version

Psalms 9:15 in other translations

BSBThe nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
WEBThe nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
ASVThe nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
YLTSunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
DARBYThe nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
BBEThe nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
WebsterThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

What does Psalms 9:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 9:15-16
15-16. The undesigned results of the devices of the wicked prove them to be of God's overruling or ordering, especially when those results are destructive to the wicked themselves.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 The heathen are sank down to the pit - See on Psa 7:15 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 9:11-20

Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal…

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Psalms 9:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

טָבְע֣וּta.ve.'Uthey have sunkH2883
ג֭וֹיִםGo.yimnationsH1471
בְּשַׁ֣חַתbe.Sha.chatin [the] pitH7845
עָשׂ֑וּ'a.Su[which] they madeH6213
בְּרֶֽשֶׁת\־be.re.shet-in [the] netH7568
ז֥וּzuwhichH2098
טָ֝מָ֗נוּta.Ma.nuthey had hiddenH2934
נִלְכְּדָ֥הnil.ke.Dahit has been caughtH3920
רַגְלָֽם\׃rag.Lamfoot theirH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 9:15

  • Psalms 57:6

    They 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.

  • Psalms 35:8

    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Psalms 7:15-16

    He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Proverbs 22:8

    He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Psalms 94:23

    And 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.

  • Psalms 37:15

    Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:15,16; 35:8; 37:15; 57:6; 94:23; Pr 5:22; 22:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 9:14

    That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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Psalms 9:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hundiéronse las gentes en la fosa que hicieron; en la red que escondieron fué tomado su pie.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Afin que je raconte toutes tes louanges dans les portes de la fille de Sion. Je me réjouirai en ton salut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Versunken sind die Nationen in die Grube, die sie gemacht; ihr Fuß ward gefangen in dem Netze, das sie heimlich gelegt haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui exaltas me de portis mortis, ut annuntiem omnes laudationes tuas in portis filiæ Sion: