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Psalms 5:10

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5:10 Condemn them, 1  O God!

May their own schemes be their downfall! 2 

Drive them away 3  because of their many acts of insurrection, 4 

for they have rebelled against you.

1 tn Heb “declare/regard them as guilty.” Declaring the psalmist’s adversaries guilty is here metonymic for judging them or paying them back for their wrongdoing.

2 tn Heb “may they fall from their plans.” The prefixed verbal form is a jussive, expressing an imprecation. The psalmist calls judgment down on the evildoers. Their plans will be their downfall in that God will judge them for their evil schemes.

3 tn Or “banish them.”

4 tn The Hebrew noun used here, פֶּשַׁע (pesha’), refers to rebellious actions. The psalmist pictures his enemies as rebels against God (see the next line).



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