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Don`t draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
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A Prayer for Just Distinction
The psalmist prays not to be judged or punished alongside the wicked. Commentators like John Calvin explain this is not a random plea, but an appeal to God's justice. It's a prayer of faith that God, in His very nature, distinguishes between the righteous and the unrighteous and will not sweep them away in the same indiscriminate destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Draw me not away with the wicked - See the notes at (Psalms 26:9). The prayer here, as well as the prayer in ([Referenc…
19th Century
Anglican
Draw me not. —Better, Drag me not. In Ezekiel 32:18 and following, we have a magnificent vision of judgment, in which the…
Baptist
We are often afraid that we might be numbered with them.
"Oh! were it not for grace divine,Their fate so dreadful had been mine."
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16th Century
Protestant
Draw me not away with wicked men. The meaning is that, in circumstances so dissimilar, God should not mingle the righteous with the wicked…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Draw me not away with the wicked That is, with those who are notoriously wicked; who are inwardly and outwardly wick…
David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest until the…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the psalmist showed the trust he had in God; now he adds a psalm of prayer so that he might not fail in that trust…
