Psalms 26 · Verse 9

Psalms 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Psalms 26:9, King James Version

Psalms 26:9 in other translations

BSBDo not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
WEBDon’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
ASVGather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
YLTDo not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
DARBYGather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
BBELet not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
WebsterGather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

What does Psalms 26:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Gather not, &c.--Bring me not to death. bloody men--(compare Psa 5:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Gather 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!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 26:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תֶּאֱסֹ֣ףte.'e.Sofyou removeH622
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חַטָּאִ֣יםcha.ta.'ImsinnersH2400
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shilife myH5315
וְעִם\־ve.'im-and withH5973
אַנְשֵׁ֖י'an.Sheipeople ofH582
דָמִ֣יםda.Mimblood<s>H1818
חַיָּֽי\׃chai.Yailife myH2416

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 26:9

  • Matthew 25:32

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Revelation 22:14-15

    Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Psalms 139:19

    Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

  • Matthew 25:44

    Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

  • 1 Samuel 22:18-19

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • Matthew 25:46

    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  • Malachi 3:18

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

  • Psalms 28:1-3

    A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Matthew 24:51

    And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 1 Samuel 25:29

    Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gather not. or, Take not away.
28:1-3; 1Sa 25:29; Mal 3:18; Mt 24:51; 25:32,44,46; Re 22:14,15
bloody men. Heb. men of blood.
51:14; 55:23; 139:19; 1Sa 22:18,19; 2Sa 16:7; 21:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 26:8

    Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  • Psalms 26:10

    In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

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Psalms 26:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No juntes con los pecadores mi alma, ni con los hombres de sangres mi vida:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
N’assemble pas mon âme avec les pécheurs, ni ma vie avec les hommes de sang,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Raffe meine Seele nicht weg mit Sündern, noch mein Leben mit Blutmenschen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ne avertas faciem tuam a me; ne declines in ira a servo tuo. Adjutor meus esto; ne derelinquas me, neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus.