A moment in scripture
Psalms 41:8
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An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
- Psalms 41:7
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- Psalms 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 41:10
But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.