Psalm 41:4-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ I said, “O Lord, have pity on me!
Heal my soul because I have sinned against you.”
⁵ My enemies say terrible things about me:
“When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?”
⁶ When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly.
His heart collects gossip.
⌞Then⌟ he leaves to tell others.
⁷ Everyone who hates me whispers about me.
They think evil things about me and say,
⁸ “A devilish disease has attached itself to him.
He will never leave his sickbed.”
⁹ Even my closest friend whom I trusted,
the one who ate my bread,
has lifted his heel against me.
¹⁰ Have pity on me, O Lord!
Raise me up so that I can pay them back
¹¹ and my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.
When you do this, I know that you are pleased with me.