Psalms 26:9
Turn not thy face away from me, 1 Turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: 1 Be thou my helper, forsake me not; 1 And, O God my Savior, overlook me not. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In Context
8My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: 1 Thy face, O Lord, I will seek. 1
10For my father and my mother have forsaken me, 1 But the Lord has taken me to himself. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:29And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst 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 the Lord. And the Lord said, There is guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gibeonites.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: 1 The God of glory has thundered: 1 The Lord is upon many waters. 1
Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves him not.
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 →