Psalms 26:9
Turn not your face away from me, turn not you away from your servant in anger: be you my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In Context
8My heart said to you, I have diligently sought your face: your face, O Lord, I will seek. 1
10For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:29And if a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your 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 + 21:1 Gr. iniquity. guilt upon Saul and his house because of his + 21:1 Lit. the death of his bloods. bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. 1
Malachi 3:18Then shall you⌃ 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 →