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Psalms 26:9
9Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed
Psalms 26:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
- New International Version (NIV)Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
Context of Psalms 26:9
7raising my voice in thanksgiving and telling about your wondrous works. 8Lord, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory resides. Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed 10in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes. 11But I live with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:9 word by word
אַל־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְעִם־אַנְשֵׁ֖י דָמִ֣ים חַיָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 26:9
- Psalms 28:1Lord, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit.
- 1 Samuel 25:29“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
- Malachi 3:18So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
- Matthew 24:51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Revelation 22:14“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
- Psalms 51:14Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God — God of my salvation — and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
- Psalms 55:23God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
- Psalms 139:19God, if only you would kill the wicked — you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed eighty-five men who wore linen ephods.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, you wicked man!
- 2 Samuel 21:1During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Commentaries on Psalms 26:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Gather not my soul with sinners - As I have never loved their company, nor followed their practice, let not my eternal lot be cast with them! I neither love them nor their ways; may I never be doomed to spend an eternity with them!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Gather not my soul with sinners - Margin, “take not away.” The word rendered “gather,” means properly to “collect;” to “gather,” as fruits, Exodus 23:10; ears of grain, Rth 2:7 ; money, 2 Kings 22:4. There is the idea of assembling together, or collecting; and the meaning here is, that he desired not to be united with wicked people, or to be regarded as one of their number. It does not refer particularly, as I apprehend, to death, as if he prayed that he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Do not take my soul away with sinners: The end of the godly cannot be the same as that of the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Gather not, &c.--Bring me not to death. bloody men--(compare Psa 5:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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