Psalms 41:5 · KJV
“Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?”
— Psalms 41:5
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
And if he come to see {me}, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; {when} he goeth abroad, he telleth {it}.
Psalms 41 — Context
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. {make: Heb. turn}
4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6And if he come to see {me}, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; {when} he goeth abroad, he telleth {it}.
7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. {my...: Heb. evil to me}
Cross References
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Psalms 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; {and} they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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.
Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.