15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit(A) they have made.(B)

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10 Let the wicked fall(A) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(B)

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

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Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;(A)
    whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.(B)
Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them;
    whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.(C)

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Since they hid their net(A) for me without cause(B)
    and without cause dug a pit(C) for me,
may ruin overtake them by surprise—(D)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,(E) to their ruin.

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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They spread a net for my feet(A)
    I was bowed down(B) in distress.
They dug a pit(C) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.(D)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

10 So they impaled(A) Haman(B) on the pole(C) he had set up for Mordecai.(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.(E)

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22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(A)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(B)

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20 Should good be repaid with evil?(A)
    Yet they have dug a pit(B) for me.
Remember that I stood(C) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(D)
    to turn your wrath away from them.

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Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(A)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(B)
    into miry pits, never to rise.

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85 The arrogant(A) dig pits(B) to trap me,
    contrary to your law.

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13 you grant them relief from days of trouble,(A)
    till a pit(B) is dug for the wicked.

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27 You would even cast lots(A) for the fatherless(B)
    and barter away your friend.

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