Tree of Life Version
Psalms 26:9
9Do not take my soul away with sinners, nor my life with people 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
7hearing the voice of thanksgiving while proclaiming all Your wonders. 8Adonai, I love the House where You live, the place where Your glory dwells. Do not take my soul away with sinners, nor my life with people of bloodshed— 10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hand is full of bribes. 11But I—I will walk in my 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 28:1Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit.
- 1 Samuel 25:29If anyone rises to pursue you and seek your life, then let my lord’s life be bound up in the bundle of the living—with Adonai your God. But let the soul of your enemies be hurled away as from the hollow of a sling.
- Malachi 3:18Then you will return and distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”
- Matthew 24:51And he will cut him in two and assign his 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 from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Revelation 22:14How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.
- Psalms 51:14Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Psalms 55:23Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Psalms 139:19If only You would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloody men!
- 1 Samuel 22:18So the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and kill the kohanim!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the kohanim and on that day killed 85 men who wore the linen ephod.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
- 2 Samuel 21:1Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year, so David sought the face of Adonai. Adonai replied, “It is because of Saul and his bloody house, for he put the Gibeonites to death.”
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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