Psalms 26:9

Gather not — Do not bind me up in the same bundle, or put me into the same accursed condition with them.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 26:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gather not my soul with sinners - Margin, “take not away.” The word rendered “gather,” means properly to “collect;” to “gather,” as fruits, Exod...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(f) Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXVI. A persecuted man protests his absolute innocence, his avoidance of unfaithful Jews, his joy in the Temple service. The claim to innocence is...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Gather not . Destroy not. Hebrew. 'asaph. . Homonym. See note on "receive" ( Numbers 12:14 ; Numbers 12:15 ). my soul . me (emphatic). Hebrew....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Gather not my soul with wicked men. Having now affirmed his innocence, he has recourse again to prayer, and calls upon God to defend him....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather not my soul with sinners - As I have never loved their company, nor followed the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Gather not— Unite not.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Second part of the main body. As the former part expanded, 'I have walked in min...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. appears to belong to a later age than David's, when the Temple ( Psalms 26:8 ), with its altar ( Psalms 26:6 ), and its public assemblies fo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gather not my soul ] 'Do not cut it off.' Let me not share their fate. The persons described in Psalms 26:9-10 are evidently men in places of powe...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gather not. — Better as in margin. The psalmist prays that he may be spared to worship in the sanctuary, when doom falls on evildoers and carries t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 26:1-12 THE image of "the way" which is characteristic of Psalms 25:1-22 reappears in a modified form in this psalm, which speaks of "wal...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Declaration of Loyalty to God Psalms 26:1-12 In some respects this psalm resembles the previous one, only, instead of entreaties for forgiven...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The central word of the song may be said to be, “So will I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah” (v.. Psa 26:6). On either side conditions of worship are d...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24 Proper Psalm for Ascension Day ( Evening ). Psalms 24-26 = Day 5 ( Morning ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gather not my soul with sinners ,.... Profligate and abandoned ones, such as are notoriously profane, and who live and die impenitent ones; otherwis...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Ver. 9. Gather not my soul with sinners ] I have loved thy house, which sinners neve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Gather not my soul That is, my life, as it is explained in the next clause; with sinners Profligate and obstinate sinners, as the following words...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Delight in Divine Ordinances. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency:...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My soul, i.e. my life, as it is explained in the next clause. Do not bind me up in the same bundle, nor put me into the same accursed and miserable...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood, In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes. He prays th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION The date of this psalm is uncertain. It is supposed by some to refer to the assassination of Ishbosheth ( 2 Samuel 4:5-12 ); and by oth...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

No doubt this Psalm was written by David when his cruel persecutor Saul, the more effectually to stab at him, spread false reports concerning his cha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . This Psalm is David's appeal to heaven, under the unjust and injurious imputations of Saul and his court. Judge me, oh Lord, for I ha...
The Biblical Illustrator

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity. Leading proofs of personal piety I. A strong craving for a knowledge of the real state o...
The Biblical Illustrator

Gather not my soul with sinners. The great care and concern now that our souls be not gathered with sinners in the other world, considered and im...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DAVID , about to sacrifice at God's altar, protests his integrity, but still prays for God's protection ( Psalms 26:9 ) and for his...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer of One Persecuted without Cause. A psalm of David, who probably composed this hymn when he himself was suffering persecution, being obliged...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gather not my soul with sinners, binding it up in the same bundle with them, like wheat bound together with tares, nor my life with bloody men , mur...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; 1 Samuel 25:29 ; 2 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Samuel 21:1 ; Malachi 3:18 ; Matthew 24:51 ; Matthew 25:32 ; Matthew 25...

⁹ Gathera not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 26:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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