Psa 5:10 | NETfull | STEP | Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

Psalms 5:10

10 Condemn them, ^{▼▼ 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.} O God!
May their own schemes be their downfall! ^{▼▼ 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.}
Drive them away ^{▼▼ Or “banish them.”} because of their many acts of insurrection, ^{▼▼ The Hebrew noun used here, פֶּשַׁע (pesha’), refers to rebellious actions. The psalmist pictures his enemies as rebels against God (see the next line).}
for they have rebelled against you.