Psalms 41:5
3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
- KJV
- Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
- WEB
- My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
- ASV
- Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?
- DARBY
- Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
- BLB
- My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die and his name perish?”
- ÅB
- Fiendene mine sier ondt om meg:
«Når skal han dø, og navnet hans forgå?» - OTB
- Mine fiender taler ondt om meg,
"Når skal han dø, og hans navn forsvinne?" - B1930
- Mine fiender taler ondt om mig: Når skal han dø, og hans navn forgå?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 102:8
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
Read in contextProverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Read in contextPsalms 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Read in contextJob 20:7
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Read in contextJob 18:17
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Read in contextPsalms 22:6–8
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Read in context