Psalm 41:8

Modern

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

Traditional

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Literal

“Let a thing of destruction be poured into him, and he who lies down shall not rise up again.”

Latin

Verbum iniquum constituerunt adversum me: Numquid qui dormit non adjiciet ut resurgat?

Hebrew

English

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

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

Matthew 27:41–46
In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,
Luke 13:16
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
Psalm 71:11
…saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Matthew 27:63–64
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
Psalm 3:2
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
Job 2:7–8
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Psalm 38:3–7
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.