Mazmur 41:6-7

41:6 When someone comes to visit, ¹  he pretends to be friendly; ² 

he thinks of ways to defame me, ³ 

and when he leaves he slanders me. ⁴ 

41:7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; ⁵ 

they plan ways to harm me.

Mazmur 109:3

109:3 They surround me and say hateful things; ⁶ 

they attack me for no reason.

[41:6]  ¹ tn Heb “to see.”

[41:6]  ² tn Heb “he speaks deceitfully.”

[41:6]  ³ tn Heb “his heart gathers sin to itself.”

[41:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he goes outside and speaks.”

[41:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “together against me they whisper, all those who hate me.” The Hitpael of לָחַשׁ (lakhash) refers here to whispering to one another (see 2 Sam 12:19).

[109:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”