Psa 36:12 | NET2full | STEP | I can see the evildoers ! They have fallen . They have been knocked down and are unable to get up .

‏ Psalms 36:12

12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen. ^{▼▼tn Heb “there the workers of wickedness have fallen.” The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here for dramatic effect, as the psalmist envisions the evildoers lying fallen at a spot that is vivid in his imagination (BDB 1027 s.v.).}
They have been knocked down and are unable to get up. ^{▼▼tn The psalmist uses perfect verbal forms in v. 12 to describe the demise of the wicked as if it has already taken place.}