New English Translation
Psalms 26:9
9Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,
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
7to give you thanks, and to tell about all your amazing deeds. 8O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed. Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people, 10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe. 11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on 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 28:1To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
- 1 Samuel 25:29When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
- Malachi 3:18Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
- Matthew 24:51and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.
- Psalms 51:14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
- Psalms 139:19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!
- 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- 2 Samuel 16:7As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!
- 2 Samuel 21:1During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered 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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