EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 26:5
5I keep away from any crowd of evil people. I do not become a friend of wicked people.
Psalms 26:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Context of Psalms 26:5
3I always know that I can trust you, because of your faithful love. So I live to please you. 4I do not become a friend of people who tell lies. I do not join together with hypocrites. I keep away from any crowd of evil people. I do not become a friend of wicked people. 6I wash my hands as a sign that I live in a pure way. I will worship you at your altar, Lord. 7I will sing aloud to thank you. I will tell people about all the great things that you have done.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:5 word by word
שָׂ֭נֵאתִי קְהַ֣ל מְרֵעִ֑ים וְעִם־רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים לֹ֣א אֵשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 26:5
- Psalms 31:6I hate people who worship useless idols. As for me, I trust in the Lord.
- Psalms 101:3As for evil things, I will not even think about them. I hate the things that wicked people do. They will not be my friends.
- Psalms 139:21Lord, I hate those people who hate you. I have no time for those who turn against you.
- Psalms 1:1If someone does not do what wicked people tell him to do, if he does not join with sinners, if he does not meet with those who laugh at God, God has blessed that person!
- Matthew 9:11Some Pharisees saw what was happening. They said to Jesus' disciples, ‘Your teacher is eating a meal with these bad people. That is not right. They are people who do not obey God, and some of them take taxes from people.’
- 1 Corinthians 5:9I already wrote a letter to you. I told you that you must not be friends with people who have sex in wrong ways.
Commentaries on Psalms 26:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers - I have never made one in the crowds of discontented persons; persons who, under pretense of rectifying what was wrong in the state, strove to subvert it, to breed general confusion, to overturn the laws, seize on private property, and enrich themselves by the spoils of the country.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I have hated - We have here the same evidence of his piety repeated in another and a stronger form. In the previous verse he had merely stated that he had not been found among that class of persons, or that he had not made them his companions. He here says positively that he disapproved of their principles; that he hated the purpose for which they gathered themselves together; that he had no sympathy whatever with them. The congregation of evil-doers…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Because of his devotion to the Lord (Psalm 26:1–3), the psalmist separates himself from evil people (see Psalm 1:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-84-8. As exemplified by the fruits of divine grace, presented in his life, especially in his avoiding the wicked and his purposes of cleaving to God's worship.Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 26:5
In the dictionaries
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
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries