Psalm 41:4-10

New King James Version

⁴ I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
^(A)Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵ My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks ^[a]lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.

⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they ^[b]devise my hurt.
⁸ “An^[c] evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
^9 (B)Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
^(C)Who ate my bread,
Has ^[d]lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰ But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.