Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 26:5
I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, those openly guilty of wickedness, and will not sit with the wicked, not joining their assembly and taking part in their discussions.
I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, those openly guilty of wickedness, and will not sit with the wicked, not joining their assembly and taking part in their discussions.
Verse Psalms 26:5. _I HAVE HATED THE CONGREGATION OF EVIL DOERS_] I have never made one in the crowds of discontented persons; persons who, under pretense of rectifying what was wrong in the _state_,...
I HAVE HATED - We have here the same evidence of his piety repeated in another and a stronger form. In the previous verse he had merely stated that he had not been found among that class of persons, o...
Psalms 26 An Appeal on Account of Righteousness _ 1. Pleading integrity (Psalms 26:1)_ 2. Separated unto the Lord (Psalms 26:6) 3. Be gracious unto Me ...
XXVI. A persecuted man protests his absolute innocence, his avoidance of unfaithful Jews, his joy in the Temple service. The claim to innocence is repugnant to Christian feeling, scarcely less so than...
CONGREGATION. assembly: in its military aspect. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'_ App-44....
The proof of his integrity in his conduct in the past, and his purpose for the future....
_I have hated_ R.V., I hate. _the congregation of evil doers_ Cp. Psalms 22:16. Is there not a tacit contrast between the congregation which meets for its own evil purposes, and that which assembles...
PSALMS 26 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Ideal Levite's Prayer for Vindication by the Prolongation of his Life. ANALYSIS An introductory Petition, ver. la, is sustained by six stanzas of protestations and pr...
_I HAVE HATED THE CONGREGATION OF EVIL DOERS; AND WILL NOT SIT WITH THE WICKED._ Congregation of evil-doers - i:e., their meetings for mischief. What God forbids is not all intercourse with them, whi...
26:5 sat (d-12) Or 'I will not sit.'...
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 for worship (Psalms 26:12), was a familiar institution. T...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
EVIL DOERS. — With idea of violence; from a root meaning to _break in pieces. _...
שָׂ֭נֵאתִי קְהַ֣ל מְרֵעִ֑ים וְ עִם ־רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים...
Psalms 26:1 THE image of "the way" which is characteristic of Psalms 25:1 reappears in a modified form in this psalm, which speaks of "walking in integrity" and truth and of "feet standing in an even...
A DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TO GOD Psalms 26:1 In some respects this psalm resembles the previous one, only, instead of entreaties for forgiveness, there are protestations of innocence. It may have been...
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 described. First the conditions of personal life nec...
Tabernacle; in the Catholic Church, so that the enemy can either not find, or at least cannot hurt, my soul. (Worthington) --- I hope one day to enjoy rest in the temple. (Calmet) --- The verbs are in...
The Reader will recollect that Jesus, in the days of his flesh, received sinners, and did eat with them. But then we must recollect also the cause, and observe the difference here intimated. Physician...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
5._I hate the assembly. _The Psalmist protests again how greatly he abhorred the ungodly. Formerly he denied that he had any fellowship with them; now he still more explicitly declares that he fled fr...
Psalms 26 is especially the pleading of integrity and trust in Jehovah. Having trusted Him, the godly would surely not slide. He invites Jehovah to search his inmost heart, as Peter did even though fa...
I HAVE HATED THE CONGREGATION OF EVILDOERS,.... That do harm to the persons, characters, or properties of men; and who meet together in bodies, to consult and form schemes to do mischief, and have the...
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. Ver. 5. _I have hated the congregation of evildoers_] The Church malignant, whose lives are a mystery of iniquity, as Jo...
_I have not sat with vain persons_ That is, chosen or used to converse with them. I have been so far from an approbation or imitation of their wicked courses, that I have avoided even their company; a...
THE CONGREGATION OF EVIL-DOERS; either, 1. Their whole rank or society. I have an antipathy against all such persons, without any exception. Or, 2. To meet and join with them in their assemblies and...
Psalms 26:5 hated H8130 (H8804) assembly H6951 evildoers H7489 (H8688) sit H3427 (H8799) wicked H7563 h
I have not sat with men of falsehood (vanity), Nor will I go in with dissemblers. I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. And because his eyes are on YHWH he has avoide...
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 character. When the wicked can use no other weapons, t...
CONTENTS: David prays for vindication and deliverance and pledges faithfulness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: It is a great comfort to those who have a clear conscience toward God that He is a...
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 have walked in mine integrity,_ with loyalty towards my...
_I have not sat with vain persons._ SEPARATE, YET NEAR The eyes which have God’s loving kindness ever before them are endowed with penetrative clearness of vision into the true hollowness of most of...
_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 of the character. “Judge me, O Lord.” Implying-- 1. A...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:1. This psalm may be part of an entrance liturgy by which pilgrims came into the sanctuary. If this is the case, the psalm shows those who attend worship what qualities t...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:4 The faithful covenant participant refuses to join with the unfaithful (HYPOCRITES, EVILDOERS, WICKED) in their crooked schemes. He rejects their values (see
INTRODUCTION The date of this psalm is uncertain. It is supposed by some to refer to the assassination of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 4:5); and by others to the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:18); but it...
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 redeeming mercy (Psalms 26:11). The psalm has all the notes...
In Psalms 26:1-12, another psalm of David. The first is, Judge me, O LORD; I have walked in my integrity (Psalms 26:1): The second: Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart. For th...
1 Corinthians 5:9; Matthew 9:11; Matthew 9:12; Psalms 1:1; Psalms