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Psalm 41:5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 41 · verse 5
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?Psalm 41:5 · King James Version
Psalm 41:5 in context
3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- speakʼâmarto sayH559 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- diemûwthto dieH4191 →
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David often complains of the insolent conduct of his enemies towards him when he was sick, which, as it was very barbarous in them, so it could not but be very grievous to him. They had not indeed arrived at that modern pitch of wickedness of poisoning his meat and drink, or giving him something to make him sick;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-13