Psalms 41:8
“A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!”
Noyes 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 that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:
Cross References
Job 2:7Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.
Matthew 27:41So also the chief priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo! for eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond 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 →