12 If a man[a] does not repent, God[b] will (A)whet his sword;
    he has (B)bent and (C)readied his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his (D)arrows (E)fiery shafts.
14 Behold, the wicked man (F)conceives evil
    and is (G)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes (H)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (I)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
  2. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he

12 If he does not relent,(A)
    he[a] will sharpen his sword;(B)
    he will bend and string his bow.(C)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(D)

14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(E) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit(F) they have made.(G)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God