1 Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

TITLE, Psalms. See App-63and the Structures on pp. 720, 721. Compare Luk 20:42, Luk 24:44, Act 1:20.

BLESSED = How Happy. The first Psalm begins thus and Psalm 2ends thus. So does the last Psalm of Book I: Psa 41:1; Psa 41:13). Figure of speech Antiptosis (App-6). Compare Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8. See App-63. for the Beatitudes in the Psalms.

man. Hebrew ’ish. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all of both sexes.

walketh, &c: i.e. who never did walk . . . stand . . . sit. Figure of speech Anabasis, three triplets: walketh counsel ungodly = continue in. standeth way sinners = carry out. sitteth seat scornful = settle down.

ungodly = lawless. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44.

sinners. Hebrew. chata’.

scornful = scoffers. Hebrew. luz.

the law = instruction: i.e. the whole Pentateuch which contains it.

meditate: i.e. continually and habitually.

be = become, or prove. Figure of speech Simile. App-6. Like a tree. The first of two comparisons. See Psa 1:4.

planted: i.e. in a garden. Not a "tree of the field".

rivers = divisions irrigating a garden. Hebrew. palgey-mayim. See note on Pro 21:1.

prosper. Compare Gen 39:3, Gen 39:23.

are not so, &c. = not so the ungodly.

like the chaff. The other comparison. See Psa 1:3. Compare Psa 35:5.

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

stand = rise. No part in first resurrection. Rev 20:5, Rev 20:6. Compare Psa 49:14.

congregation = assembly.

righteous = justified.

For. Effect latent in first clause: cause latent in second clause.

knoweth = approveth, or acknowledged. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). Compare Nah 1:7. 2Ti 2:19.

perish = come to naught.