Psalms 26:9 · KJV
“Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: {Gather...: or, Take not away} {bloody...: Heb. men of blood}”
— Psalms 26:9
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. {where...: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour}
In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {full...: Heb. filled with}
Psalms 26 — Context
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. {where...: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour}
9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: {Gather...: or, Take not away} {bloody...: Heb. men of blood}
10In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {full...: Heb. filled with}
11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Cross References
Psalms 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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.
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.
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. {as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling}
2 Samuel 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: {bloody...: Heb. man of blood}
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. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}
Matthew 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.