¹⁵ He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

⁸ According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

²⁷ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. Psalm 142 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.

⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

⁷ For without cause have they hid for me their net `in' a pit; Without cause have they digged `a pit' for my soul.

⁸ Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

⁸ He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

⁹ Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; `and' he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

¹⁰ Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

² In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

¹⁵ The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶ Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

²⁷ Yea, ye would cast `lots' upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.