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Psalms 5:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Psalms 5:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 5:10

Theological / Devotional

Destroy. Heb. ’asham, “to be guilty.” In the form employed here, the word ’asham means “to hold guilty.” The psalmist desires that God would treat his enemies as guilty, which they undoubtedly are. He asks that they may “fall by their own counsels,” that is, that their own plans may be the means of their destruction (see Ps. 7:15, 16; Prov. 26:27; Prov. 28:10). This idea is frequent in the OT. Sin eventually consumes itself.

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