Category: Old Testament

Psalm 1 6 Commentary: But what happens to the righteous? What happens to the blessed man? What’s his end? Psalm 1:6. Psalm 1 6 Commentary: The Road We’re back to talking about a road or path or way again – a lifestyle, as I said in the first verse of this psalm. And God knows…

Psalm 1 5 Commentary: And it’s because of the fact that “the wicked are like chaff which the winds drives away” that the end of the ungodly is the way that we have it portrayed in Psalm 1:5. Psalm 1 5 Commentary: The Ungodly The word translated “ungodly” in Psalm 1:4-5 is the same one in…

Psalm 1 3 Meaning: Well, we’ve seen the activities engaged in by the blessed man and the one who is opposed to God. We’re now going to get a look at the life of these two representative individuals. And we’re given imagery from the domain of agriculture. Psalm 1:3. What’s the life of a blessed…

Psalm 1 2 Commentary: So, what we saw in our Psalm 1 1 Meaning article was all very negative. We only so far know what the blessed man DOESN’T do. But positively, what is true of him? Psalm 1 2 Commentary: Delight Notice that Psalm 1:2 doesn’t say that the blessed man simply reads the Law…

Psalm 1 1 Meaning: Let’s consider the meaning of Psalm 1:1. Psalm 1 1 Meaning: “The ungodly” Let’s start with that first line. Look at that word “ungodly” in the King James Version. The word basically means “guilty”. They’re guilty of sin. They’ve done wrong and they haven’t sought the mercy of God. No, indeed,…

Psalm 1 Genre: Psalm 1 is a reflective or meditative psalm. Here’s what that means. Psalm 1 Genre: Not a Lament Psalm This isn’t a psalm where you’re going to see the psalmist working through some crisis in his life. Neither are you going to see a catalog of praiseworthy attributes of the Lord. Psalm…

Psalm 1 Commentary: (See the type of psalm Psalm 1 is at our Psalm 1 Genre article.) Psalm 1 Commentary: Topic & Theme So, what is Psalm 1 talking about? Psalm 1 is about the blessings of the righteous. And that blessing is contrasted with the unenviable end of the wicked – judgment. So a fuller statement…