Psalms 41:5
(41:6) My enemies speak evil of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
In Context
4(41:5) I said, Lord, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Cross References
Job 18:17His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
Psalms 22:6(22:7) But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
Psalms 51:3(51:5) For of my transgressions I have full knowledge; and my sin is before me continually.
Psalms 56:2(56:3) Those that regard me with envy long to swallow [me] up all the time; for many are they that fight against me, O thou Most High.
Psalms 67:2(67:3) That upon earth men may know thy way, among all nations thy salvation.
Psalms 86:16Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:2-5
Promises to Those Who Consider the Poor. 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, Lord , be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. In these verses we have, I. God's promises of… Read the whole commentary →