Mazmur 7:16

7:16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ¹ 

and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. ² 

Mazmur 52:5

52:5 Yet ³  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ⁴ 

He will scoop you up ⁵  and remove you from your home; ⁶ 

he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

[7:16]  ¹ tn Heb “his harm [i.e., the harm he conceived for others, see v. 14] returns on his head.”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “and on his forehead his violence [i.e., the violence he intended to do to others] comes down.”

[52:5]  ³ tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.

[52:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “will tear you down forever.”

[52:5]  ⁵ tn This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.

[52:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “from [your] tent.”