‘A good-for-nothing thing is poured out upon him; now that he has lain down, he will not get up again.’”​—Ps. 41:7, 8.

They kept “scheming” something bad for the psalmist by spreading vicious talk to the effect that “a good-for-nothing thing,” namely, the disease, had such a hold on the king that it was as if “poured out upon him.” This illness seemed like something from which he could never escape or “get up again.” This would add considerable fuel to the fire of rebellion against David’s kingship.