Psalms 26:4
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- KJV
- I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- WEB
- I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
- ASV
- I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- DARBY
- I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
- BLB
- I do not sit with men of vanity, and with dissemblers I will not go in.
- ÅB
- Jeg sitter ikke hos løgnaktige mennesker
og kommer ikke sammen med listige folk. - OTB
- Jeg omgås ikke med svikefulle mennesker,
Og jeg vil ikke slutte meg til hyklere. - B1930
- Jeg sitter ikke hos løgnere og kommer ikke sammen med listige folk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 15:17
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
Read in contextPsalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:63
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
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