Psalm 1
A righteous person delights in the Bible and will live a fruitful life.
A RIGHTEOUS PERSON
VERSE 1. Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
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the wicked. This Psalm summarizes two ways to live: the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked.
VERSE 2. but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his Torah he meditates day and night.
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his delight is in the LORD’s law. A godly person is influenced not by unrighteous people but by meditation on the Word of God. Do you delight in the Bible?
the LORD. When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
he meditates day and night. Do you read the Bible twice a day?
VERSE 3. He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
NIV translation. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
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a tree planted by the streams of water. This is a picture of fruitfulness.
produces its fruit. The LORD God calls us to be spiritually fruitful. We are to bear fruit for the kingdom of God. But in our day, the fruitfulness of many Christians has been hijacked. Read more »
in season. Fruit is produced in its season and not necessarily immediately after planting.
Whatever he does shall prosper. In the Old Testament era, prospering was not seen as a result of our own vigor, but rather upon the blessing of the LORD God. Read more »
A WICKED PERSON
VERSE 4. The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
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The wicked. The Hebrew word is rasha. People described by rasha are not in a covenant relationship with the LORD God.
In our day we might say “the unsaved.”
like the chaff. Chaff is the worthless husks of the grain that are blown away by the wind in the process of winnowing.
VERSE 5. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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the judgment. There is a judgement that will separate righteous people from wicked people.
VERSE 6. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
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the LORD knows … the righteous. Salvation in the day of judgment is equated with being known by the LORD God.
the way of the wicked shall perish. The worthless life of the ungodly will not endure.
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PSALMS
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Deuterocanonical chapter: 151
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