Psalms 26:5 meaning and explanation

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalms 26:5, Berean Standard Bible

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In Psalm 26 David asks God to vindicate him, and verse 5 gives one reason he can pray that way. The Hebrew word rendered "mob" is qahal, which usually means an assembly or gathered community; here it names the crowd that gathers for evil.

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