Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 41:7
Whisper together against me, i.e. secretly defame me, and closely plot against me.
Whisper together against me, i.e. secretly defame me, and closely plot against me.
Verse Psalms 41:7. _ALL THAT HATE ME WHISPER TOGETHER AGAINST ME_] This is in consequence of the _information_ given by the _hypocritical_ _friend_, who came to him with the _lying tongue_, and whose...
ALL THAT HATE ME WHISPER TOGETHER AGAINST ME - They talk the matter over where they suppose that no one can hear; they endeavonr to collect and arrange all that can be said against me; they place all...
Psalms 41 Faith and Unbelief in View of the Cross _ 1. Faith in Him and the Results (Psalms 41:1)_ 2. Unbelief and its hatred (Psalms 41:4) 3. The vindication of the Christ of the cross ...
XLI. THE PRAYER OF A SICK MAN AGAINST CRUEL AND TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 41:1. Kindness to the poor is a favourite virtue in the OT, but seems to have no natural place at the beginning of this Ps. We...
The scene outside the house is graphically depicted. We see the associates waiting, eager for news. With a transparent pretence of secrecy they whisper together, and divert themselves with anticipatin...
PSALMS 41 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Regretting that Enemies and Friends should meanly Rejoice in his Sickness, the Psalmist nevertheless Perseveres in Prayer for Pardon and Recovery. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Ps...
_ALL THAT HATE ME WHISPER TOGETHER AGAINST ME: AGAINST ME DO THEY DEVISE MY HURT._ All that hate me whisper together against me. Compare the last two clauses of Psalms 41:6, note....
41:7 hurt. (g-15) Or 'they impute evil to me.'...
The Psalmist has been brought low by sickness, and pronounces a blessing on those who consider such sufferers as himself (Psalms 41:1). His own experience has been of an opposite kind. His enemies hav...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 41:8]_ יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל ־שֹׂנְאָ֑י...
Psalms 41:1 THE central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sickness and treacherous friends. This situation naturally leads up to the prayer and confidence of the clo...
“LORD, HEAL MY SOUL” Psalms 41:1 This psalm was probably composed, with the adjacent ones, during the four years in which Absalom's conspiracy was being hatched. Perhaps the anxiety thus caused induc...
This whole song depends for interpretation on its opening beatitude. The man who is considerate toward the weak, who is compassionate, is blessed. His blessings are then described. Emphasize "him" and...
_Little hill of Sion. I hope that I shall soon again behold the fertile regions along the Jordan. (Calmet) --- But these hills of Hermon, &c., are nothing when compared with heaven: They serve only to...
These verses, and especially the 9th, serve to throw a light upon the whole Psalm. Reader, pray remark, with me, the several expressions here contained. Christ speaks in the 5th, 7th, and 8th verses,...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 40 AND 41. In Psalms 40 then Christ is seen, not only in His passage through the sorrows which beset His way, if He took up the cause of the disobedient and guil...
ALL THAT HATE ME WHISPER TOGETHER AGAINST ME,.... That is, they privately conspired against him; see Matthew 22:15; AGAINST ME DO THEY DEVISE MY HURT; not only to take away his name and credit, but h...
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. Ver. 7. _All that hate me, whisper together against me_] Heb. _Mussitant,_ they mutter, as charmers use to do. These w...
_Mine enemies speak evil of me_ Designing thereby to grieve my spirit, ruin my reputation, and sink my interest. _And if he come to see me_ If any of mine enemies visit me in my sickness, according to...
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING AND TRUST IN GOD. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed probably during the time of persecution by Absalom and, if not Messianic throughout, is at least in part ty...
All that hate me whisper together against me, in making use of the news brought by their spying confederate; AGAINST ME DO THEY DEVISE MY HURT, with deceitful plotting, in an evil conspiracy, such as...
MY HURT: _ Heb._ evil to me...
5-13 We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had r...
Psalms 41:7 hate H8130 (H8802) whisper H3907 (H8691) together H3162 devise H2803 (H8799) hurt H7451 wh
THE PSALMIST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS PROBLEMS PARTLY ARISE BECAUSE OF HIS OWN SINFULNESS, AND THEN EXPLAINS TO YHWH ABOUT THE BEHAVIOUR OF HIS ENEMIES (PSALMS 41:4). Psalms 41:4 ‘I said, O YHWH, have...
You will see, dear friends, from these holy songs, that the saints of God in those olden days were not screened from trials and troubles, but were tempted in all points like as we are. If we happen to...
CONTENTS: Prayer for relief from sickness and confession of sins. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we suffer in our reputation, our first concern should be about our integrity and we may the...
A psalm of David, when sick with grief at Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 41:4. _Heal my soul._ It would appear that David was visited with some temporary sickness, prior to Absalom's rebellion, and that...
_Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble._ THE PSALMIST’S AFFLICTION The central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sic...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 41:1. This is a lament in which a person has fulfilled his responsibilities to the poor and yet is suffering severely. He prays for God’s help and vindication....
INTRODUCTION This psalm, like the preceding one, is from the pen of David, and is addressed “to the chief musician,” for use in public religious services. It seems to have been composed with reference...
EXPOSITION THE forty-first psalm completes the first book of the Psalter. All the psalms contained in it are assigned to David by the titles, except Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 10:1;...
Let us turn at this time in our Bibles to Psalms 41:1-13. This is another one of the psalms that begins with a beatitude. The very first psalm begins with a beatitude, "Blessed is the man." Here again...
2 Corinthians 12:20; Matthew 22:15; Matthew 26:3; Matthew 26:4;...