Psa 7:15-16 | KingComments | STEP | In these verses the wicked is spoken of in the singular. Here we are talking about the personification of evil, about the man of sin, the man in whom sin takes shape in its fullness. We recognize this person in the antichrist. He is filled with evil, there is not a trace of goodness in him. The evil done by him is expressed in him like a woman who is pregnant, travails and gives birth to a child ( ). The antichrist is out to catch others in the snare of his lie. It is compared to digging a pit for someone to catch him in it ( ). But the pit he has dug will be his own grave. He will fall into it and perish. Thus he receives retribution for the evil he has done to others. Examples of this are Saul and Haman, both of whom are pictures of the antichrist. Saul wanted to kill David by means of the Philistines and was himself killed by them ( ). Haman is hanged on the gallows he had erected for Mordecai ( ). In , David expresses the same thought in other words (cf. ). The trouble the antichrist inflicts on others “will return upon his own head” (cf. ). It works like a boomerang. This also applies to the violence he has committed, for “his violence will descend upon his own pate”. How that will happen, David leaves to God ( ). We see here the principle of the government of God: “Whatever a man sows, this he will also reap” ( ).

‏ Psalms 7:15-16

The Antichrist

In these verses the wicked is spoken of in the singular. Here we are talking about the personification of evil, about the man of sin, the man in whom sin takes shape in its fullness. We recognize this person in the antichrist. He is filled with evil, there is not a trace of goodness in him. The evil done by him is expressed in him like a woman who is pregnant, travails and gives birth to a child (Psa 7:14).

The antichrist is out to catch others in the snare of his lie. It is compared to digging a pit for someone to catch him in it (Psa 7:15). But the pit he has dug will be his own grave. He will fall into it and perish. Thus he receives retribution for the evil he has done to others. Examples of this are Saul and Haman, both of whom are pictures of the antichrist. Saul wanted to kill David by means of the Philistines and was himself killed by them (1Sam 18:17 ; 1Sam 31:1-6). Haman is hanged on the gallows he had erected for Mordecai (Est 7:9-10).

In Psa 7:16, David expresses the same thought in other words (cf. Pro 26:27). The trouble the antichrist inflicts on others “will return upon his own head” (cf. Jdg 9:56-57). It works like a boomerang. This also applies to the violence he has committed, for “his violence will descend upon his own pate”. How that will happen, David leaves to God (1Sam 26:10). We see here the principle of the government of God: “Whatever a man sows, this he will also reap” (Gal 6:7b).