Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 10:8

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and whoso breaketh an hedg a serpent shall bite him.

With this design that another may unawares fall into it.

Shall through God's just Judgment be destroyed by his own wicked devices.

Whereby another mans Fields, or Vineyards, or Orchards, are distinguished and fenced, that he may either enter upon them and take away their fruits, or by that means enlarge his own adjoining Fields. Possibly he may have a particular respect unto Magistrates or Rulers, whom God hath hedged or fenced in, both with his own Institution of Magistracy, and with his Laws, strictly requiring Obedience from their Subjects; and so he notes the danger of rising and rebelling against them.

Which oft lurks in hedges, and bites those who come within its reach.

Marginal references: Ps. 7. 15. Prov. 26. 27.