My enemies speak evil against me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 41:5 in context
Psalms 41:2–8
2
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
4
I said, “LORD, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5
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My enemies speak evil against me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7
All who hate me whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
8
“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him.
Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
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