Psalms 41:5

Speak evil of me; vent their ill wishes against me, in the following words.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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” he...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 hi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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?...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 e...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall he die... perish. — Better, When will he die, and his name have perished.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:1-13 THE central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sickness and treacherous friends. This situation n...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This whole song depends for interpretation on its opening beatitude. The man who is considerate toward the weak, who is compassionate, is blessed. Hi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These verses, and especially the 9th, serve to throw a light upon the whole Psalm. Reader, pray remark, with me, the several expressions here contain...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 Psa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 devoti...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Complains of His Enemies; David's Comfort in God. 5 Mine enemie...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist Acknowledges That His Problems Partly Arise Because Of His Own Sinfulness, And Then Explains To YHWH About The Behaviour Of His Enemies...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ser...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 te...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 tempo...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mine enemies speak evil of me, wishing him evil and destruction, When shall he die and his name perish?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 18:17 ; Job 20:7 ; Proverbs 10:7 ; Psalms 102:8 ; Psalms 22:6-8

⁵ Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 41:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 41:5