⁸ Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;^(A)
    whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.^(B)

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit^(A) will fall into it;^(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.^(C)

³ Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(C)
    there I will command the serpent^(D) to bite them.^(E)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(B)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[a](C)

¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(A) they have made.^(B)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.