BOOK ONE (PSALMS 1-41). Psalms 1. This psalm is introductory to the whole collection. The entire psalm extols the blessedness of the one who avoids the path of the sinful, and delights in the Instruction (Law) of YHWH, walking in its truth. Such a person chooses the way of righteousness. The Psal... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS. ‘Blessed is the man, Who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Or stand in the way of sinners, Or sit in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of YHWH, And in his law he meditates day and night.' The psalmist first declares that the righteous... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PSALMS 1:4). ‘Not so the wicked! They are like the chaff which the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.' The opposite is true of the wicked. They are not fruitful. They are not fir... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For YHWH knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.' Every man must choose the way in which he walks, whether in the way of the word of God or in the way of sinners. And those who walk in the way of His word ‘YHWH knows' (see Genesis 18:19), He reveals Himself to them,... [ Continue Reading ]