Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 26:9
Gather not — Do not bind me up in the same bundle, or put me into the same accursed condition with them.
Gather not — Do not bind me up in the same bundle, or put me into the same accursed condition with them.
Verse Psalms 26:9. _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; ma...
GATHER NOT MY SOUL WITH SINNERS - Margin, “take not away.” The word rendered “gather,” means properly to “collect;” to “gather,” as fruits, Exodus 23:10; ears of grain, Ruth 2:7; money, 2 Kings 22:4....
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...
GATHER NOT. Destroy not. Hebrew. _'asaph._. Homonym. See note on "receive" (Numbers 12:14; Numbers 12:15). MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
His love for God's house is a further reason why he should not be involved in the fate of sinners....
_Gather not_ i.e. _take not away_. Let me not share the fate of those whose society and practices I have ever shunned. How natural a prayer if a pestilence was raging which seemed to strike righteous...
GATHER NOT— _Unite not._...
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...
_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 mine integrity: I have trusted in the Lord,' so this secon...
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...
GATHER NOT MY SOUL] 'Do not cut it off.' Let me not share their fate. The persons described in Psalms 26:9 are evidently men in places of power, who use violence and have wealth to protect themselves...
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...
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 them off. The LXX. and Vulg. have “destroy not.”...
אַל ־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם ־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ ע
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...
(f) Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: (f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked....
Decline not. Hebrew, "put not away." (Protestants) But the Vulgate seems preferable. --- Forsake. Septuagint (Complutensian and Aldine) Greek: me aposkorakises, "send me not to the crows," an expressi...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
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. At first sight, indeed, it appears strange to pray that Go...
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...
GATHER NOT MY SOUL WITH SINNERS,.... Profligate and abandoned ones, such as are notoriously profane, and who live and die impenitent ones; otherwise all men are sinners: the sense is, either that he d...
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 never delighted in; therefore "gather not my soul with s...
_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 describe them, such being often called sinners by...
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, murderers and sinners of the worst class,...
PRAYER OF ONE PERSECUTED WITHOUT CAUSE. A psalm of David, who probably composed this hymn when he himself was suffering persecution, being obliged to flee before Absalom. The contents of this psalm,...
GATHER NOT: Or, take not away BLOODY MEN: _ Heb._ men of blood...
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 condition, with them. Seeing I have had so great an...
Psalms 26:9 gather H622 (H8799) soul H5315 sinners H2400 life H2416 bloodthirsty H1818 men H582 Gather not - or, Take not away,...
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 that his soul will not be ‘snatched away' and his life...
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...
_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 IMPROVED It is taken for granted that at death souls...
_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...
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 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 16:7;...