Psalms 5:10 - Exposition

Destroy thou them, O God ; rather, condemn them , or declare them guilty (Kay); κρῖνον αὐτούς ( LXX .). Let them fall by their own counsels. No condemnation naturally follows punishment. David assumes that God will make his enemies fall; he prays that they may fall from the effect of their own counsels. The fate of Ahithophel ( 2 Samuel 17:23 ) perhaps fulfilled this imprecation . Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; Thrust them out (Revised Version); "Thrust them down" (Kay). Punish them at once, in the midst of their many transgressions. For they have rebelled against thee . They have sinned, not against me only, but equally—nay, far more—against thee.