Psalms 26:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תֶּאֱסֹ֣ף עִם־חַטָּאִ֣ים נַפְשִׁ֑י וְעִם־אַנְשֵׁ֖י דָמִ֣ים חַיָּֽי׃

Transliteration

Not-teʾĕsōp̄ with-ḥaṭṭāʾîm nap̄šî and-with-ʾanšê ḏāmîm ḥayyāy.

Grammar Details

*teʾĕsōp̄*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular, jussive - may you gather/take away
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: masculine plural noun - sinners
*nap̄šî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*ʾanšê*: construct plural of man - men of
*ḏāmîm*: masculine plural noun - bloods/bloodshed
*ḥayyāy*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my life

Word Meanings

*teʾĕsōp̄*: may you gather/take away/sweep away
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders
*nap̄šî*: my soul/my life/myself
*ʾanšê* *ḏāmîm*: men of blood/bloodthirsty men/murderers
*ḥayyāy*: my life/my lifetime

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Referenced Verses

Ps 139:19 : 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Matt 24:51 : 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matt 25:32 : 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:
Matt 25:44 : 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Rev 22:14-15 : 14 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. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
1 Sam 25:29 : 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.
2 Sam 16:7 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Sam 21:1 : 1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Ps 28:1-3 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver{H8685)} me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud{H8762)} of thy righteousness.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.

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