Psalms 41:8
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Majority Standard Bible
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
7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Cross References
Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Matthew 27:41In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, elders, and Pharisees mocked Him, saying,
Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
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 →