Gather not i.e. take not away. Let me not share the fate of those whose society and practices I have ever shunned. How natural a prayer if a pestilence was raging which seemed to strike righteous and wicked indiscriminately! The wicked are described as men of blood(Psalms 26:6), who do not shrink from violence and murder: in whose hands is mischief(Psalms 7:3), they deliberately plan and execute crime; and their right hand is full of bribes, which they take to pervert justice (Psalms 15:5). Nobles and men in authority are referred to. Comp. Micah 7:2-3.

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