Psalms 41:5
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
In Context
4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
Cross References
Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Psalms 51:3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Psalms 56:2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
Psalms 67:2that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Psalms 86:16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
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 →