Gather not my soul with sinners - Margin, “take not away.” The word rendered “gather,” means properly to “collect;” to “gather,” as…

Gather not. —Better as in the margin. The psalmist prays that he may be spared to worship in the sanctuary when doom fall…

See, he so loves God's house that he cannot bear the thought of being shut in with sinners; and this is our comfort, that if we have loved God's ho…

Gather not my soul with wicked men. Having now affirmed his innocence, he resorts again to prayer and calls upon God to defend him. At fir…

Gather not my soul with sinners
Profligate and abandoned ones, such as are notoriously profane, and who live and die…

David here, by the Spirit of prophecy, speaks of himself as a type of Christ. What he says here concerning his own spotless innocence was fully and…

1. Previously, the psalmist offered a prayer against troubles; here, he describes his justice to make his prayer more acceptable.

The …