Psalms 41:7

7 Everyone who hates me whispers about me. They think evil things about me and say,

Psalms 41:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 41:7

All that hate me whisper together against me
That is, they privately conspired against him; see ( Matthew 22:15 ) ( John 11:53 ) ( Matthew 26:3 Matthew 26:4 ) ;

against me do they devise my hurt;
not only to take away his name and credit, but his life.

Psalms 41:7 In-Context

5 My enemies say terrible things about me: "When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?"
6 When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly. His heart collects gossip. [Then] he leaves to tell others.
7 Everyone who hates me whispers about me. They think evil things about me and say,
8 "A devilish disease has attached itself to him. He will never leave his sickbed."
9 Even my closest friend whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
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