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Psalms 41:8
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“Something awful has overwhelmed him,and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”
"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies."
They say, "He has a terrible disease. He will never get out of bed again."
They say, ‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'
"A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him; And when he lies down, he will not rise up again."
"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, So that when he lies down, he will not get up again."
"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
A mischiefe is light vpon him, and he that lyeth, shall no more rise.
"A vile thing is poured out upon him,That when he lies down, he will not rise up again."
"A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!"
and they say, "You have some fatal disease! You'll never get well."
All who hate me whisper together against me, imagining the worst about me.
A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
They say, "He did something wrong. That is why he is sick. He will never get well."
They conceive unjust accusations against me; they say, Now that he lies sick in his bed, he shall rise up no more.
They say, "He is fatally ill; he will never leave his bed again."
"A ruinous thing is poured out on him, and now that he lies down, he will not rise up again."
saying , A thing of ruin is poured out on him; and, He who lies down shall not rise again.
They haue geuen a wicked sentence vpon me: when he lyeth, he shal ryse vp nomore.
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
All that hate me whisper together against me, against me do they devise my hurt:
An euill disease, say they, cleaueth fast vnto him; and now that he lyeth, he shall rise vp no more.
[They sayde] some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym: and he that lyeth sicke on his bed, shall ryse vp no more.
They denounced a wicked word against me, saying, Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
An evil disease, [they say], cleaves fast to him; And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more.
"An evil disease," they say, "clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more."
"He has some fatal disease," they say. "He will never get out of that bed!"
"A bad thing has come over him. When he lies down, he will not rise again."
They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me, that I will not rise again from where I lie.
An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.
(40-9) They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
They say, "A deadly thing has fastened upon him; he will not rise again from where he lies."
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
The rumor goes out, "He's got some dirty, deadly disease. The doctors have given up on him." Even my best friend, the one I always told everything —he ate meals at my house all the time!— has bitten my hand.
"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
An evil disease: Heb. A thing of Belial, Psalms 38:3-7, Job 2:7, Job 2:8, Luke 13:16
and: Psalms 3:2, Psalms 71:11, Matthew 27:41-46, Matthew 27:63, Matthew 27:64
Reciprocal: Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 31:11 - especially Psalms 35:15 - in mine Psalms 38:7 - my loins Psalms 103:3 - healeth Psalms 138:7 - Though I walk Lamentations 2:16 - we have seen
Cross-References
And whanne Joseph hadde entrid to hem eerli, and hadde seyn hem sori,
Whiche answeriden, We seiyen a dreem, and `noon is that expowneth to vs. And Joseph seide to hem, Whether expownyng is not of God? Telle ye to me what ye han seyn.
Aftir twei yeer Farao seiy a dreem; he gesside that he stood on a flood,
and othere as many eeris of corn, thinne and smytun with corrupcioun of brennynge wynd,
and whanne morewtid was maad, he was aferd bi inward drede, and he sente to alle the expowneris of Egipt, and to alle wise men; and whanne thei weren clepid, he telde the dreem, and noon was that expownede.
Thanne at the laste the maistir `of boteleris bithouyte, and seide, Y knowleche my synne;
where we bothe saien a dreem in o nyyt, biforeschewynge of thingis to comynge.
An Ebrew child, seruaunt of the same duk of knyytis was there, to whom we telden the dremes,
and herden what euer thing the bifallyng of thing preuede afterward; for Y am restorid to myn office, and he was hangid in a cros.
Anoon at the comaundement of the kyng thei polliden Joseph led out of prisoun, and whanne `the clooth was chaungid, thei brouyten Joseph to the kyng.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him,.... Not any bodily one, of which they might hope he would die; much less any foul disease, the disease of sin; but, as the phrase may be rendered, "a word of Belial" y; that is, a wicked charge or accusation; a charge of sin brought against him by the sons of Belial, as of blasphemy and sedition, which they concluded would be fastened upon him, and stick by him, and in which they should succeed to their wishes; or else the shameful punishment the death of the cross, inflicted on him, which they fancied would fix an indelible mark of infamy and scandal on him, since cursed is he that hangeth on a tree;
and [now] that he lieth, let him rise up no more; has much as he was dead, of which they had full proof, and was laid in the grave, his tomb watched, and the stone rolled to it sealed; they thought all was safe, and it was all over with him, that he would never rise again, as he had given out, and his disciples incapable of committing a fraud they afterwards accused them with: this, according to the above learned writer, see Psalms 41:6, was said by Absalom, as he thinks Ahithophel is the person designed in Psalms 41:9.
y דבר בליעל "verbum Belijahal", Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
An evil disease - Margin, “a thing of Belial.” The Hebrew is literally “a word of Belial.” This has been very variously understood and interpreted. The Septuagint renders it: λόγον παράνομον logon paranomon - wicked word; “a wicked determination” (Thompson); that is, they formed a wicked purpose against him, to wit, by saying that he was now confined to his bed, and could not rise again. The Latin Vulgate renders it in a similar manner: Verbum iniquitum constituerunt adversum me. Luther: “They have formed a wicked device (Bubenstuck) against me;” they behave in a knavish or wicked manner. DeWette, “Destruction (Verderben) or punishnnent (Strafe) is poured upon him.” The term rendered “disease” means properly “word” or “thing;” and Prof. Alexander renders it, “A word of Belial is poured upon him.” The word rendered “evil, Belial,” means literally “without use” - בליעל belı̂ya‛al - from בלי belı̂y, “not or without,” and יעל ya‛al, “use or profit.”
Then it means worthlessness, wickedness, destruction; and hence, in connection with man, denotes one who is wicked, worthless, abandoned. It is difficult to determine its meaning here. The connection Psalms 41:3 would seem to suggest the idea adopted by our translators; the words themselves would seem rather to convey the idea of some reproach, or harsh saying - some vain, wicked, malicious words that were uttered against him. That there was disease in the case, and that the psalm was composed in view of it, and of the treatment which the author experienced from those who had been his professed friends when suffering under it, seems to me to be manifest from Psalms 41:1, Psalms 41:3-4, Psalms 41:8; but it is probable that the reference in this expression is not to the disease, but to the words or the conduct of his calumniators. It is evident from the pronoun him - the third person - that this refers, as our translators have indicated by the words they say to something that they said in regard to him; something which they affirmed as the result of their observations on his condition, Psalms 41:6-7. The true idea, therefore, I think is this: “They say - that is, those who came to see me said - A ‘word of evil’ - “a sentence of evil or destruction” - is poured upon him. He is suffering under such a ‘word of destruction;’ or, such a word (that is, sentence) as will involve his destruction, by way of punishment for his sins; therefore all is over with him, and he must die. He can hope to rise no more.” This would express the idea that they regarded his death as certain, for he seemed to be under a sentence which made that sure.
Cleaveth fast unto him - Or rather, “is poured upon him.” The word used here - צוּק tsûq - means:
(1) to be narrow, straitened, compressed; and then
(2) to pour out - as metal is poured out Job 28:2, or as words are poured out in prayer Isaiah 26:16.
Here it would seem to mean that such a sentence was poured upon him, or that he had become submerged or swallowed up under it. It was like the pouring out of a torrent on him, overwhelming him with floods of water, so that he could not hope to escape, or to rise again.
And now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more - There is no hope for him; no prospect that he will ever get up again. They felt that they might indulge their remarks, therefore, freely, as he would not be able to take revenge on them, and their expectations and hopes were about to be accomplished by his death. Compare Psalms 41:5. As a part of his sufferings, all this was aggravated by the fact that they regarded those sufferings as full proof of his guilt; that he could not reply to their accusations; and that be was about to die under that imputation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 41:8. An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him — דבר בליעל יצוק בו debar beliyaal yatsuk bo, a thing, word, or pestilence of Belial, is poured out upon him. His disease is of no common sort; it is a diabolical malady.
He shall rise up no more. — His disease is incurable without a miracle; and he is too much hated of God to have one wrought for him. Some apply this to the death and resurrection of Christ; he lieth-he is dead and buried; he shall never rise again from the dead.
