Salmos 41:6

6 Me visitan como si fueran mis amigos,
pero mientras tanto juntan chismes
y, cuando se van, los divulgan a los cuatro vientos.

Salmos 41:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 41:6

And if he come to see [me]
Meaning anyone of his enemies, when they came, as pretended, to pay him a friendly visit. A late learned writer ^F24 interprets this of Absalom, who visited his father when he had the smallpox, which he thinks, after mentioned, of which his enemies expected he would die, when Absalom pretended great concern for his life; though he, with others, were plotting against him, should he live, to destroy him;

he speaketh vanity;
lies and falsehoods, in an hypocritical manner, with a double heart; his mouth and his heart not agreeing together; see ( Matthew 22:16 ) ;

his heart gathereth iniquity to itself;
amasses to itself greater treasures of wickedness still, thought that itself is desperately wicked, and very wickedness: this is to be understood of the enemies of Christ observing his words and actions, and laying them up, with a wicked intention, against a proper time;

[when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it];
as in the instances concerning giving tribute to Caesar, destroying the temple, and saying he was the son of God, ( Matthew 22:17 Matthew 22:18 ) ; compared with ( Luke 23:2 ) ( John 2:19 John 2:21 ) ; compared with ( Matthew 26:60 Matthew 26:61 ) ( John 5:17 John 5:18 ) , compared with ( John 19:5 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F24 Delaney's Life of King David, vol. 2. p. 157, 158.

Salmos 41:6 In-Context

4 «Oh Señor
, ten misericordia de mí —pedí en oración—,
sáname, porque contra ti he pecado».

5 Pero mis enemigos solo hablan mal de mí.
Preguntan: «¿Falta mucho para que se muera y pase al olvido?».

6 Me visitan como si fueran mis amigos,
pero mientras tanto juntan chismes
y, cuando se van, los divulgan a los cuatro vientos.

7 Los que me odian susurran cosas acerca de mí
y se imaginan lo peor.

8 «Tiene alguna enfermedad fatal —dicen—.
¡Jamás se levantará de la cama!».