Psalms 41:4-9

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

⁵My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

⁶If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

⁸“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”

⁹Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.