Psalms 41:8

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
evil	בְּ֭לִיַּעַל Be.li.ya.'al	H1100	without profit · noun, common masculine singular absolute
disease	דְּֽבַר de.var-	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
fast	יָצ֣וּק ya.Tzuk	H3332	properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
lieth	שָׁ֝כַ֗ב Sha.Khav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	לָקֽוּם la.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
more	יוֹסִ֥יף yo.Sif	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Matthew 27:41-46 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabb…
Job 2:7-8 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Psalms 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms 38:3-7 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Matthew 27:63-64 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:5–end

David often complains of the insolent conduct of his enemies towards him when he was sick, which, as it was very barbarous in them, so it could not but be very grievous to him. They had not indeed arrived at that modern pitch of wickedness of poisoning his meat and drink, or giving him something to make him sick; but, when he was sick, they insulted over him (Psa 41:5): My enemies speak evil of me, designing thereby to grieve his spirit, to ruin his reputation, and so to sink his interest. Let us enquire, I. What was the conduct of his enemies towards him. 1. They longed for his death: When shall he die, and his name perish with him? He had but an uncomfortable life, and yet they grudged him…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 41:8

An evil disease--literally, "a word of Belial," some slander. cleaveth--literally, "poured on him." that he lieth--who has now laid down, "he is utterly undone and our victory is sure."

John Gill on Psalms 41:8

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him,.... Not any bodily one, of which they might hope he would die; much less any foul disease, the disease of sin; but, as the phrase may be rendered, "a word of Belial" (y); that is, a wicked charge or accusation; a charge of sin brought against him by the sons of Belial, as of blasphemy and sedition, which they concluded would be fastened upon him, and stick by him, and in which they should succeed to their wishes; or else the shameful punishment the death of the cross, inflicted on him, which they fancied would fix an indelible mark of infamy and scandal on him, since cursed is he that hangeth on a tree; and now that he lieth, let him rise u…

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John Calvin on Psalms 41:7-9

Psalm 41:7-9 7. All they that hate me whisper together against me: they plot mischief against me. 8. An evil deed of Belial cleaveth fast to him: and he that lieth down shall never be able to rise again. 9. Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who eats of my bread, has lifted up the heel against me. 7. All they that hate me whisper together against me. Here he seems generally to include both classes of his enemies; those who sought to oppress him in an open manner, and in the character of avowed enemies; and those who, under the pretense of friendship, attempted to do the same thing by deceit and stratagem. Accordingly, he says that all of them took counsel together about his destr…

The Church Fathers

"An ungodly word do they set forth against Me" (ver. 8). What sort of ungodly word? Listen to the Head Itself. "Come, let us kill Him, and the inheritance shall be ours." Fools! How shall the inheritance be yours? Because ye killed Him? Lo! ye even killed Him; yet shall not the inheritance be yours. "Shall not He that sleepeth add this also, that He rise again"? When ye exulted that ye had slain Him, He slept; for He saith in another Psalm, "I slept." They raged and would slay Me; "I slept." If I had not willed, I had not even slept. "I slept," because "I have power to lay down My life, and I have power to take it again." "I laid Me down and slept, and rose up again." Rage then the Jews; be "the earth given into the hands of the wicked," be the flesh left to the hands of persecutors, let them on wood suspend it, with nails transfix it, with a spear pierce it. "Shall He that sleepeth, not add this, that He rise up again?" Wherefore slept He? Because "Adam is the figure of Him that was to come." And Adam slept, when out of his side was made Eve. Adam in the figure of Christ, Eve in the figure of the Church; whence she was called "the mother of all living." When was Eve created? While Adam slept. When out of Christ's side flowed the Sacraments of the Church? While He slept upon the Cross.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 41

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Dictionary and topics

Belial — Worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the…
Accusation, False · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Diseases · Frequently: Loathsome — Frequently: Loathsome
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Speaking · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 41:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 41:8

John Gill on Psalms 41:8

John Calvin on Psalms 41:7-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 41:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 41:8

John Gill on Psalms 41:8

John Calvin on Psalms 41:7-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 41:7-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 41:5-9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 41:8