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Psalm 26

Psa. 26:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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χGather
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
not my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
with sinners
chatta' (Hebrew #2400)
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV usage: offender, sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: khat-taw'
Origin: intensively from 2398
, nor my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
with ψbloody
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
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or, Take not away.
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men of blood.

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Life,
Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gather not.
or, Take not away.
Psa. 28:1‑3• 1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
 2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. (Psa. 28:1‑3)
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1 Sam. 25:29• 29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling. (1 Sam. 25:29)
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Mal. 3:18• 18And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (Mal. 3:18)
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Matt. 24:51• 51and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:51)
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Matt. 25:32,44,46• 32and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
 44Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:32,44,46)
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Rev. 22:14‑15• 14Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and that they should go in by the gates into the city.
 15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:14‑15)
bloody men.
Heb. men of blood.
Psa. 51:14• 14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. (Psa. 51:14)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 139:19• 19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. (Psa. 139:19)
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1 Sam. 22:18‑19• 18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
 19And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 22:18‑19)
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2 Sam. 16:7• 7And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial! (2 Sam. 16:7)
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2 Sam. 21:1• 1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites. (2 Sam. 21:1)
• Separation from evil, devotedness to God, and witnessing for God will call forth opposition from sinners and violent men. (“Psalms 26” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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