Catholic Public Domain Version
"And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way. "
— Psalms 40:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,”
“Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: ”
“Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.”
“Then I say,“Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.”
“And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.”
“Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,”
“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,”
May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.
I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?
And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.
All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?
For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.