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Psalms 26:9
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
7That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honour dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.
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אַל־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְעִם־אַנְשֵׁ֖י דָמִ֣ים חַיָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 26:9
- Psalms 28:1To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou shouldest be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit.
- 1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the middle of a sling.
- Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- Matthew 24:51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
- Psalms 51:14Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Psalms 139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- 1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that wore a linen ephod.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou worthless fellow:
- 2 Samuel 21:1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew 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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- 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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