And when one comes to see me, (A)he utters empty words,
    while his heart gathers iniquity;
    when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
All who hate me whisper together about me;
    they imagine the worst for me.[a]

They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[b] on him;
    he will not rise again from where he lies.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 41:7 Or they devise evil against me
  2. Psalm 41:8 Or has fastened

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