Psalms 41:4-9

⁴I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

⁵My enemies speak evil against me, saying, 'When will he die and his name perish?'

⁶If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; his heart gathers up my disaster for itself; when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they hope for my hurt.

⁸They say, “An evil disease holds on tightly to him; now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more.”

⁹Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.