Psalm 7:15
13 He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. 14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies— 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans— and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. 17 I will thank the Lord for his justice;I will sing praises to the Lord Most High!
Psalm 57:6
4 I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me, men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. 5 Rise up above the sky, O God. May your splendor cover the whole earth. 6 They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it. (Selah) 7 I am determined, O God. I am determined. I will sing and praise you. 8 Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn.
Notes and References
"... Ben Sira begins his treatment of human moral responsibility with an examination of the disposition of the foolish person, i.e., the one who rejects the way toward wisdom embodied above all in God’s commandments and seeks another goal (compare 15:11–20). Ben Sira asserts that such a person is still responsible because, like all persons, he has the power to follow God’s commandments, but instead chooses to follow a way of life marked by self-reliance and pride, and this so distorts the fool’s thinking that he actually attributes his sinful behavior to God. Ben Sira then turns his attention to God’s relationship with such fools and how God consistently deals with them by requiting their deeds as they deserve (compare 16:1–16). This description includes both concrete historical examples of God’s punishment of the wicked (verses 7–10 and verses 15–16) and clear dogmatic formulations of the principle that everyone is judged according to their deeds (verses 12–14). Thus, Ben Sira comes quite close to a theology of retribution that is found elsewhere in the Old Testament, intertwining general formulations of retribution found in sapiential thought (compare Psalm 7:15; 9:15; 57:6; Proverbs 1–8) with historical examples of retribution found in the traditions of Israel in which God is described as directly punishing those who are stubborn and rebellious (Numbers 11:3 [compare Sirach 16:6]) ..."
Schmidt, Andrew Jordan Wisdom, Cosmos, and Cultus in the Book of Sirach (p. 48) De Gruyter, 2019