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

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

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16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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

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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)

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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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16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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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.