Psalms 26:9
Take not away with sinners my soul, nor with men of blood my life;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In Context
8Lord, I love the site of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
10In whose hands are wicked devices, and whose right hand is full of bribes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:29And though a man is risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: yet will the soul of my Lord be bound in the bond of life with the Lord thy God; and the soul of thy enemies will he hurl away, as out of the middle of the sling.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gib'onites.
Psalms 28:3Snatch me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, with mischief in their heart.
Psalms 55:23(55:24) But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.
Malachi 3:18And ye shall return, and see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that hath not served him.
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 →