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Vindicate Me, O LORD

Psalms 26:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
KJV
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:Gather…: or, Take not awaybloody…: Heb. men of blood
WEB
Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
ASV
Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
LSV
Do not gather my soul with sinners, || And my life with men of blood,
YLT
Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
DBY
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
DRC25:9
Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:
GNV
Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
JPS
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
LXXE25:9
Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְעִם־אַנְשֵׁ֖י דָמִ֣ים חַיָּֽי׃
LXX-Br25:9
Μὴ συναπολέσῃς μετὰ ἀσεβῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ μετὰ ἀνδρῶν αἱμάτων τὴν ζωήν μου,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
  • Revelation 22:14–15Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the…
  • Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
  • Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  • Matthew 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a…
  • Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  • 2 Samuel 16:7And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
  • Psalms 28:1–3To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy…
  • 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…
  • Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
  • Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. He also put to the…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 25:9 in some Bibles
  • 26:9 in most Bibles

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