Psalm 26:4
New International Version
I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites.

New Living Translation
I do not spend time with liars or go along with hypocrites.

English Standard Version
I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.

Berean Standard Bible
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

King James Bible
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

New King James Version
I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

New American Standard Bible
I do not sit with deceitful people, Nor will I go with pretenders.

NASB 1995
I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders.

NASB 1977
I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders.

Legacy Standard Bible
I do not sit with worthless men, And I will not go with pretenders.

Amplified Bible
I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men, Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).

Christian Standard Bible
I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites.

American Standard Version
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have not sat with the evil, neither have I entered with fools.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

Contemporary English Version
I don't spend my time with worthless liars

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

English Revised Version
I have not sat with vain persons; neither will I go in with dissemblers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I did not sit with liars, and I will not be found among hypocrites.

Good News Translation
I do not keep company with worthless people; I have nothing to do with hypocrites.

International Standard Version
I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Literal Standard Version
I have not sat with vain men, | And I do not enter with pretenders.

Majority Standard Bible
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

New American Bible
I do not sit with worthless men, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.

NET Bible
I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.

New Revised Standard Version
I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

New Heart English Bible
I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

World English Bible
I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Young's Literal Translation
I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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Context
Vindicate Me, O LORD
3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. 4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. 5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.…

Cross References
Psalm 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.

Psalm 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.


Treasury of Scripture

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 119:63,115
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts…

Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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Psalm 26
1. David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity














(4) Dissemblers--i.e., hypocrites.

Verse 4. - I have not sat with vain persons. Thirdly, he has not sat with vain persons; literally, with men of vanity; i.e. he has not consorted (Psalm 1:1) with light and frivolous persons - those whose hearts are set upon vain and worthless things (see Psalm 24:4, and the comment). Neither will I go in with dissemblers. Nor will he go in with (nor has he, we may conclude, gone in with) dissemblers, i.e. hypocrites. He has neither thrown in his lot with the light, vain persons who make no pretence to religion, nor with the pretenders, who "have the form of godliness, but deny the power thereof" (2 Timothy 3:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sit
יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי (yā·šaḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

deceitful
שָׁ֑וְא (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

men,
מְתֵי־ (mə·ṯê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4962: An adult, a man

nor
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

keep company
אָבֽוֹא׃ (’ā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with
וְעִ֥ם (wə·‘im)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

hypocrites.
נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים (na·‘ă·lā·mîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal


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