Psalms 41:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Psalms 41:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 55:12-14
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: …
Matthew 26:23
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
John 13:26-27
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. …
Psalms 55:20-22
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. …

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Backbiting Brotherly Kindness Conviction 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. 9)

9. mine ... friend--literally, “the man of my peace.” eat ... bread--who depended on me or was well treated by me. hath lifted up heel--in scornful violence. As David and his fortunes typified Christ and His (compare Introduction), so these words expressed the treatment he received, and also that of his Son and Lord; hence, though not distinctly prophetical, our Saviour (Joh 13:18) applies them to…