Psalms 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In Context
8LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.
10in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:29And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of LORD. And LORD said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Malachi 3:18Then ye shall return and discern between the righteous man and the wicked man, between him who serves God and him who does not serve him.
Matthew 25:32And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:7-12
Delight in Divine Ordinances. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My… Read the whole commentary →