Psalm 26:9 “Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshe…”

Psalm 26:9

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men

American Standard Version

Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

Geneva Bible 1599

Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:

Darby Translation

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

Young's Literal Translation

Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

Bible in Basic English

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

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Cross references

“Gather not”

Matthew 25:32 Psalm 28:1–3 1 Samuel 25:29 Malachi 3:18 Matthew 24:51 Matthew 25:44

Matthew 25:32 · BSB

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Psalm 28:1–3 · BSB

To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sli…

Malachi 3:18 · BSB

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Matthew 24:51 · BSB

Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:44 · BSB

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

“bloody men”

Psalm 139:19 Psalm 51:14 Psalm 55:23 2 Samuel 16:7 2 Samuel 21:1 1 Samuel 22:18

Psalm 139:19 · BSB

O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

Psalm 51:14 · BSB

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

2 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites…

1 Samuel 22:18 · BSB

So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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