Psalm 41:8 {40:9}
Good News Translation
They say, "He is fatally ill; he will never leave his bed again."

New Revised Standard Version
They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me, that I will not rise again from where I lie.

Contemporary English Version
and they say, "You have some fatal disease! You'll never get well."

New American Bible
‘He has had ruin poured over him; that one lying down will never rise again.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

An evil disease [heb.

Psalm 38:3-7 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins. . . .

Job 2:7,8 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head: . . .

Luke 13:16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

and

Psalm 3:2 Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.

Psalm 71:11 Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

Matthew 27:41-46,63,64 In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking said: . . .

Context
Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor
7All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me. 8They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?9For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.…
Cross References
Psalm 71:10
For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my soul have consulted together,

Psalm 71:11
Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

Psalm 41:7
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