Psalms 41:6-10

⁶They come to visit me, but their sympathy is not sincere. They're only interested in the bad news, which they spread around as soon as they leave.

⁷All who hate me talk in whispers about my condition, hoping for the worst.

⁸“He's been cursed with some terrible disease,” they say. “Now he's bed-ridden he'll never recover!”

⁹Even my best friend, the one I trusted, who shared meals with me—even he has turned against me.

¹⁰But you Lord, please be gracious to me, make me well so I can repay them!