Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
The Conspiracy of Slander
Commentators explain that the "whispering" described is not idle gossip but a deliberate, secret conspiracy. The psalmist's enemies, including both open foes and supposed friends, were actively meeting to pool their accusations and devise a plan to cause him harm, ruin his reputation, and even take his life.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Psalms
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Psalms 41:7
18th Century
Theologian
All that hate me whisper together against me - They talk the matter over where they suppose that no one can hear; they endeavor to …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 41:7–9
19th Century
Preacher
Many a child of God has had his character whispered down by slanderers; many a man has had a hard time because of the evil speaking of men of the w…
John Calvin
On Psalms 41:7
16th Century
Theologian
All they that hate me whisper together against me. Here he seems generally to include both classes of his enemies: those who sought to opp…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Psalms 41:7
17th Century
Pastor
All that hate me whisper together against me
That is, they privately conspired against him; see ([Reference Matthew …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 41:5–13
17th Century
Minister
We complain, and justly, of the lack of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were n…