Psalms 41:7
And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things : his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
In Context
6My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?
8All my enemies whispered together against me : they devised evils to me.
Cross References
Psalms 31:13I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
Proverbs 16:28A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
Romans 1:29Being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity, whisperers,
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 →