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In their malice my enemies say of me,
    ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’
When someone comes to visit me,
    he utters words without sincerity;
his heart[a] harbors slander,
    and on departing he gives voice to it.
“All my enemies whisper against me
    and conjure up the worst in my regard.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 41:7 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.

When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(A) while his heart gathers slander;(B)
    then he goes out and spreads(C) it around.

All my enemies whisper together(D) against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
“A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up(E) from the place where he lies.”

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