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Commentary for Psalms 7:16

בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃

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

Radak on Psalms

He hath digged a pit, and graven it out: – repeating the idea in different words. And he says that he hath digged a pit to cause me to fall into it, but he shall fall into it himself. He prophesies that Saul shall die by the sword. And he says:
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Radak on Psalms

And hath fallen into the ditch which he maketh: – a past tense in place of a future, as we have explained.
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