“ Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? ”
Mine enemies speak evil of me - They take occasion to speak evil of me in my weak and feeble state, thus adding to my sorrows. The word “evil” here refers to their calumnies or reproaches. They s...
Mine enemies (d) speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? (d) That is, curse me and cannot have their cruel hate quenched but with my shameful death.
XLI. The Prayer of a Sick man against Cruel and Treacherous Foes. Psalms 41:1 . Kindness to the poor is a favourite virtue in the OT, but seems to have no natural place at the beginning of this P...
5. My enemies have spoken evil of me. To speak is here used in the sense of to imprecate. In thus describing the unbecoming conduct of his enemies, he seeks, as has been elsewhere said, t...
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Mine enemies speak evil - It is often a good man's lot to be evil spoken of; to have his motives, and even his most benevolent a...
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Their malicious speeches affected his bodily heal...
The Psalmist has been brought low by sickness, and pronounces a blessing on those who consider such sufferers as himself ( Psalms 41:1-3 ). His own experience has been of an opposite kind. His enemie...
Shall he die... perish. — Better, When will he die, and his name have perished.
Psalms 41:1-13 THE central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sickness and treacherous friends. This situation naturally leads up to the prayer and confidence of...
“Lord, Heal My Soul” Psalms 41:1-13 This psalm was probably composed, with the adjacent ones, during the four years in which Absalom's conspiracy was being hatched. Perhaps the anxiety thus cau...
This whole song depends for interpretation on its opening beatitude. The man who is considerate toward the weak, who is compassionate, is blessed. His blessings are then described. Emphasize "him" an...
These verses, and especially the 9th, serve to throw a light upon the whole Psalm. Reader, pray remark, with me, the several expressions here contained. Christ speaks in the 5th, 7th, and 8th verses,...
HUMAN FOES AND DIVINE FRIEND ‘Mine enemies.… But Thou, O Lord!’ Psalms 41:5 ; Psalms 41:10 I. It was a season of bodily suffering. —The Psalmist was prone on a couch of languishing; his dis...
Mine enemies speak evil of me ,.... That is, the Jews, who were enemies to his person, people, doctrines and ordinances, and would not have him to reign over them; these spake evil of him, charged h...
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? Ver. 5. Mine enemies speak evil of me ] Notwithstanding my piety and devotion; that is no target against persecution. David's...
Mine enemies speak evil of me Designing thereby to grieve my spirit, ruin my reputation, and sink my interest. And if he come to see me If any of mine enemies visit me in my sickness, according t...
David Complains of His Enemies; David's Comfort in God. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his nam...
Speak evil of me; vent their ill wishes against me, in the following words.
The Psalmist Acknowledges That His Problems Partly Arise Because Of His Own Sinfulness, And Then Explains To YHWH About The Behaviour Of His Enemies ( Psalms 41:4-9 ). Psalms 41:4 ‘I said, O YH...
INTRODUCTION This psalm, like the preceding one, is from the pen of David, and is addressed “to the chief musician,” for use in public religious services. It seems to have been composed with referen...
You will see, dear friends, from these holy songs, that the saints of God in those olden days were not screened from trials and troubles, but were tempted in all points like as we are. If we happen t...
A psalm of David, when sick with grief at Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 41:4 . Heal my soul. It would appear that David was visited with some temporary sickness, prior to Absalom's rebellion, and t...
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Psalmist’s affliction The central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils:...
EXPOSITION THE forty-first psalm completes the first book of the Psalter. All the psalms contained in it are assigned to David by the titles, except Psalms 1:1-19 ; Psalms 2:1-19 ; Psalms 1...
A Psalm of Thanksgiving and Trust in God. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed probably during the time of persecution by Absalom and, if not Messianic throughout, is at least in part...
Job 18:17 ; Job 20:7 ; Proverbs 10:7 ; Psalms 102:8 ; Psalms 22:6-8