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Psalms 1
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Psalms1

Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1Blessed is the man1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
who 1:1 Prov. 4:14, 15walks not in 1:1 Job 21:16the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in 1:1 Prov. 1:10the way of sinners,
nor 1:1 Ps. 26:4; Jer. 15:17sits in 1:1 [Ps. 107:32] the seat of 1:1 Prov. 1:22; 3:34; 19:29; 21:24; 29:8; [Isa. 28:14]scoffers;
2but his 1:2 Ps. 112:1; 119:35, 47, 92delight is in the law1:2 Or instruction of the Lord,
and on his 1:2 Ps. 119:1, 97; Josh. 1:8law he meditates day and night.

3He is like 1:3 Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 19:10; [Num. 24:6; Job 29:19] a tree
planted by 1:3 Ps. 46:4streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its 1:3 Ezek. 47:12; [Isa. 34:4] leaf does not wither.
1:3 Gen. 39:3, 23; [Ps. 128:2; Isa. 3:10]In all that he does, he prospers.
4The wicked are not so,
but are like 1:4 See Job 21:18chaff that the wind drives away.

5Therefore the wicked 1:5 Ps. 5:5; 76:7; Nah. 1:6; Luke 21:36; Eph. 6:13will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in 1:5 [Ezek. 13:9]the congregation of the righteous;
6for the Lord1:6 Ps. 31:7; 37:18; 144:3; Nah. 1:7; [John 10:14; 2 Tim. 2:19] knows 1:6 Ps. 37:5the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.