Psalms 41:8

\41:7\All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

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In The King James Version

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

In Context

7\41:6\If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

9\41:8\They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

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Cross References

Job 2:7And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Psalms 38:3\38:2\For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

Matthew 27:41In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

Luke 13:16And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:6-13

David Complains of His Enemies; David's Comfort in God. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread,… Read the whole commentary →

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