Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai. Then the king's anger cooled down.

But in the traps they set for others, they themselves get caught.

So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.

The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in; they have been caught in their own trap.

The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

My enemies have spread a net to catch me; I am overcome with distress. They dug a pit in my path, but fell into it themselves.