Psalm 5:10

5:10 Condemn them,30 O God!

May their own schemes be their downfall!31

Drive them away32 because of their many acts of insurrection,33

for they have rebelled against you.

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30	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.
31	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.
32	tn Or “banish them.”
33	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).