5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
5 Mine enemies H341 speak H559 evil H7451 of me, When shall he die, H4191 and his name H8034 perish? H6
5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, `saying', When will he die, and his name perish?
5 Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!
5 Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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Commentary on Psalms 41 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 41
God's kindness and truth have often been the support and comfort of the saints when they have had most experience of man's unkindness and treachery. David here found them so, upon a sick-bed; he found his enemies very barbarous, but his God very gracious.
Is any afflicted with sickness? let him sing the beginning of this psalm. Is any persecuted by enemies? let him sing the latter end of it; and we may any of us, in singing it, meditate upon both the calamities and comforts of good people in this world.
To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Psa 41:1-4
In these verses we have,
Psa 41:5-13
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; but, when he was sick, they insulted over him (v. 5): My enemies speak evil of me, designing thereby to grieve his spirit, to ruin his reputation, and so to sink his interest. Let us enquire,