The Pit Digger Falls Into His Own Trap

In ancient warfare and hunting, the pit was a fearsome weapon. Soldiers and hunters would excavate deep holes, carefully cover them with branches and earth, and disguise them so completely that approaching enemies or wild beasts would plunge unsuspectingly to their doom. Yet the Psalmist reveals a terrible irony: the very man who dug such a pit, who labored to perfect his deadly snare, himself inadvertently stepped upon his own concealed trap and tumbled into the abyss he had prepared for another.…