Psalm 41:7

Modern

All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

Traditional

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

Literal

All those hating me, they whisper together against me; against me they devise evil to me:

Latin

In idipsum adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei; adversum me cogitabant mala mihi.

Hebrew

English

All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

The psalmist’s enemies disguise themselves as friends, while his friends openly become his enemies.

In this wisdom psalm, the psalmist:

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
Matthew 26:3–4
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Psalm 56:5–6
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
Psalm 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.