Psalms 1:5

Therefore The real character of the wicked will be manifested in the judgement. Since they are thus worthless and unstable, destitute of root and fruit, the wicked will not hold their ground in the judgement, in which Jehovah separates the chaff from the wheat (Matthew 3:12).

stand So Lat. causa stare, and the opposite causa cadere. Cp. Psalms 5:5; Psalms 130:3; Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2; Wis 5:1.

in the judgment Not, before a human tribunal: nor merely in the last judgement, (as the Targum and many interpreters understand it): but in every act of judgement by which Jehovah separates between the righteous and the wicked, and vindicates His righteous government of the world. Cp. as an illustration Numbers 16. Each such -day of the Lord" is a type and pledge of the great day of judgement. Cp. Isaiah 1:24 ff; Isaiah 2:12 ff.; Malachi 3:5; Ecclesiastes 12:14.

in the congregation of the righteous The -congregation of Israel," which is the congregation of Jehovah," is in its true idea and ultimate destination, the -congregation of the righteous" (Psalms 111:1). It is the aim of each successive judgement to purify it, until at last the complete and final separation shall be effected (Matthew 13:41-43).