Mazmur 5:10

5:10 Condemn them, ¹  O God!

May their own schemes be their downfall! ² 

Drive them away ³  because of their many acts of insurrection, ⁴ 

for they have rebelled against you.

Mazmur 26:4-5

26:4 I do not associate ⁵  with deceitful men,

or consort ⁶  with those who are dishonest. ⁷ 

26:5 I hate the mob ⁸  of evil men,

and do not associate ⁹  with the wicked.

Mazmur 28:3

28:3 Do not drag me away with evil men,

with those who behave wickedly, ¹⁰ 

who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ¹¹ 

while they plan to harm them! ¹² 

Mazmur 94:20-21

94:20 Cruel rulers ¹³  are not your allies,

those who make oppressive laws. ¹⁴ 

94:21 They conspire against ¹⁵  the blameless, ¹⁶ 

and condemn to death the innocent. ¹⁷ 

Mazmur 139:19

139:19 If only ¹⁸  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ¹⁹ 

[5:10]  ¹ 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.

[5:10]  ² 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.

[5:10]  ³ tn Or “banish them.”

[5:10]  ⁴ 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).

[26:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “sit.”

[26:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “go.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people.

[26:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “[those who] conceal themselves.”

[26:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “assembly, company.”

[26:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “sit.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people.

[28:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[28:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “speakers of peace with their neighbors.”

[28:3]  ¹² tn Heb “and evil [is] in their heart[s].”

[94:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “a throne of destruction.” “Throne” stands here by metonymy for rulers who occupy thrones.

[94:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Is a throne of destruction united to you, one that forms trouble upon a statute?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course not!” The translation, while not preserving the interrogative form of the statement, reflects its rhetorical force.

[94:21]  ¹⁵ tn Or “attack.”

[94:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”

[94:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”

[139:19]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).

[139:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”