Psalms 41:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Psalms 41:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Psalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Job 20:7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Psalms 22:6-8
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. …

Topics

Accusation, False Anger Backbiting Conviction Cruelty Evidence False Accusation Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-13)

David often complains of the insolent conduct of his enemies towards him when he was sick, which, as it was very barbarous in them, so it could not but be very grievous to him. They had not indeed arrived at that modern pitch of wickedness of poisoning his meat and drink, or giving him something to make him sick; but, when he was sick, they insulted over him (Ps. 41:5): My enemies speak evil of me…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5-6. A graphic picture of the conduct of a malignant enemy.