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Psalms 26:4
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I have not sat with vain persons; neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I do not spend time with liars, nor do I make friends with those who hide their sin.
I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites.
I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men, Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).
I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.
I sat not with the counsel of vanyte; and Y schal not entre with men doynge wickid thingis.
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
I don't spend my time with worthless liars
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.
I have not sat with worthless folks, I won't consort with hypocrites,
I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
I don't run around with troublemakers. I have nothing to do with hypocrites.
I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I haue not sate with vaine persons, neither will I goe in with dissemblers.
I do not sit with men who lie about the truth. I would not be seen with those who pretend to be someone they are not.
I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.
I have not sat with evil persons; neither have I associated with detestable persons.
I do not keep company with worthless people; I have nothing to do with hypocrites.
I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;
(25-4) I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
I do not sit with false men, nor do I consort with dissemblers;
I haue not sit [in company] with vayne persons: neither haue I entred [once acquaintaunce] with dissemblers.
I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.
I do not sit with the worthlessor associate with hypocrites.
I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.
I have not sat with lying men; and I will not go in with hypocrites;
I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.
I syt not amoge vayne personnes, and haue no fellishepe with the disceatfull.
I don't hang out with tricksters, I don't pal around with thugs; I hate that pack of gangsters, I don't deal with double-dealers.
I do not sit with deceitful people, Nor will I go with pretenders.
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders.
I do not sit with worthless men,And I will not go with pretenders.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of David.
Declare me innocent, O Lord , for I have acted with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. 2 Put me on trial, Lord , and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart. 3 For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth. 4 I do not spend time with liars or go along with hypocrites. 5 I hate the gatherings of those who do evil, and I refuse to join in with the wicked.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 1:1, Psalms 119:63, Psalms 119:115, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 13:20, Jeremiah 15:17, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - come 2 Chronicles 13:7 - vain men Job 34:8 - General Psalms 101:3 - set Proverbs 1:15 - walk Proverbs 2:12 - deliver Proverbs 4:14 - General Proverbs 24:19 - Fret Isaiah 33:15 - stoppeth Jeremiah 16:8 - General Luke 22:55 - Peter John 18:18 - Peter 2 Corinthians 6:14 - for Ephesians 5:11 - no
Cross-References
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, "Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!"
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
"For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have not sat with vain persons,.... Or "men of vanity" t; who are full of it; who are addicted to the vanities of the world; who pursue the riches, honours, pleasures, and profits of it; which is no other than walking in a vain show: whose thoughts, words, and actions are vain; who are vainly puffed up in their fleshly mind, and walk in the vanity of it; who take the name of God in vain, and whose common discourse is foolish, frothy, light, and empty; and who are men of a vain conversation, and are rash, imprudent, and deceitful: men of bad principles may very well go by this name, who are vain and unruly talkers, and whose doctrines are doctrines of vanity, and no other than vain babbling; and also men guilty of idolatrous practices, who observe lying vanities, and worship them, and lift up their souls unto them; with such vain men, in any of these senses, the psalmist would have nothing to do; he would not keep company with them, nor have any communion, consultation, and conversation with them; it may be, he may have some respect to the men that were about Saul, to whom such a character agreed; or he may say this, and what follows, to remove a calumny cast upon him and his friends; as if they that were with him were such men as here described, and in Psalms 26:5;
neither will I go in with dissemblers: or "hidden" or "unknown" persons u, who lie in private lurking places, to murder the innocent, or secretly take away the good names and characters of men, and it is not known who they are; or who commit sin secretly; go into secret places to do their works in the dark, and hide themselves to do evil; as the Targum, Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret it; who love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil; or who cover themselves with lying and flattering words, that it is not known what their real intentions be; they speak one thing, and mean another; are an assembly of treacherous men: such are all deceitful workers, who lie in wait to deceive, and walk in craftiness; and hypocrites, who have the form of religion, but are strangers to the power of it; and who are to be turned away from, and avoided; the houses, assemblies, cabals, and company of such, are to be shunned; see Genesis 49:6; or such as are "signed", or "marked"; that is, infamous persons w.
t עם מתי שוא "cum hominibus vanitatis", Gejerus, Michaelis. u עם נעלמים "cum occultis", Vatablus, Michaelis; "absconditis", Gejerus; so Ainsworth. w Vide Schultens de def. Hod. ling. Heb. s. 188.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have not sat with vain persons - That is, I have not been found among them; I have not made them my companions. See the notes at Psalms 1:1. The word “vain” here is in contrast with those who are sincere and true. The expression would be applied to people who are false and hollow; to those who have no sincerity or solidity of character; to those who are hypocrites and pretenders. The psalmist urges it as one evidence of his attachment to God that he had not been found among that class of persons, either as making them his companions, or as taking part with them in their counsels.
Neither will I go in with dissemblers - Neither will I walk with them; neither will I be found in their company. The word here rendered “dissemblers” means properly those who are “hidden” or “concealed;” then, those who hide their purposes or designs from others, or who conceal their real character and intentions. Thus used, the word denotes hypocrites, whose real character is “concealed” or “hidden” from the world. The psalmist says that he had not associated with such people, but that His companionship had been with the open, the frank, the sincere. On this he relied as one evidence of his piety; and this is always an evidence of true religion. See the notes at Psalms 1:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 26:4. I have not sat with vain persons — מתי שוא methey shav, men of lies, dissemblers, backbiters, &c.
Neither will I go in with dissemblers — נעלמים naalamim, the hidden ones, the dark designers, the secret plotters and conspirators in the state.
