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Verse Psalms 1:2. _BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD_]
חפצו _chephtso_, his will, desire, affection, every _motive_ in
his heart, and every _moving principle_ in his soul, are on the side
of...
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BUT HIS DELIGHT - His pleasure; his happiness. Instead of finding his
happiness in the society and the occupations of the wicked, he finds
it in the truth of God. The law or truth of God is not distas...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE GENESIS SECTION: BOOK ONE:Psalm 1-41
Psalm 1-8
Psalms 1
The Godly and the Ungodly
_ 1. The godly, his character and his fruit (Psalms 1:1)_
2. The ungodly in com...
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BOOK I. PSS. I- XLI.
I. The Jewish Saint. This and Psalms 2 (see, however, on Psalms 33)
are the only Pss. in Book I. which have no title or superscription. In
Acts 13:33, there is very ancient autho...
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THE LAW. instruction: i.e. the whole Pentateuch which contains it.
MEDITATE: i.e. continually and habitually....
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The positive principle and source of the righteous man's life. The law
of the Lord is his rule of conduct. It is no irksome restriction of
his liberty but the object of his love and constant study (De...
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The happiness of the righteous....
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BOOK THE FIRST
Psalms 1
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Righteous Man and the Lawless Contrasted.
ANALYSIS
The Righteous man DescribedPsalms 1:1-3: by what he Does NotPsalms
1:1; _by_ what he Does
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_BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD; AND IN HIS LAW DOTH HE
MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT._
But - Hebrew, _ KIY_ (H3588) _ 'IM_ (H518), but if; i:e., But who (if
there be anything in which he) deligh...
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of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are
either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10,
14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
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LAW] the whole revelation of God's will as made known in the sacred
writings, especially the Pentateuch.
DOTH.. MEDITATE] lit. 'crooneth over,' repeats again and again in a
low tone....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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BUT. — The Hebrew is an elliptical expression implying a strong
contrast, “nay but,” “on the contrary.”
The positive side of a good man’s character is now described
according to the standard which pr...
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כִּ֤י אִ֥ם בְּ תֹורַ֥ת יְהוָ֗ה
חֶ֫פְצֹ֥ו וּֽ
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Psalms 1:1
THE Psalter may be regarded as the heart's echo to the speech of God,
the manifold music of its windswept strings as God's breath sweeps
across them. Law and Prophecy are the two main eleme...
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THE TWO WAYS AND THE TWO ENDS
Psalms 1:1
Like a signpost, this psalm points the road to blessedness. The
opening word may be read, “Oh, the blessedness!” The psalm begins
with the same message as th...
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The master thought of this psalm is the law of Jehovah. The obedient
and disobedient are placed in sharp contrast. This contrast is vividly
seen by bringing together the first and last words of the
ps...
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But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his (b) law doth
he meditate day and night.
(b) In the holy scriptures....
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Will. He is wholly occupied and delighted in keeping God's
commandments. (Worthington) --- This distinguishes the saint from him
who only refrains from sin through fear. (Calmet) --- Qui timet
invitus...
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But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
Reader, you do not forget who it was that said, I delight to do thy
will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my...
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_GOD’S REVEALED WILL_
‘The law of the Lord.’
Psalms 1:2
I. THIS LAW, WHICH WE HAVE TO LEARN, AND BY KEEPING OF WHICH WE SHALL
BE BLESSED, IS NOTHING ELSE THAN GOD’S WILL.—If you wish to learn
the l...
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In the second verse, the Psalmist does not simply pronounce those
happy who fear God, as in other places, but designates godliness _by
the study of the law, _teaching us that God is only rightly serve...
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BOOK 1 - PSALMS 1-41
The first book may be in general thus divided into distinct parts. The
first eight psalms form a whole, an introductory whole to the entire
collection of Psalms. This series may b...
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BUT HIS DELIGHT [IS] IN THE LAW OF THE LORD,.... Not the law of
nature, which was inscribed on Adam's heart in innocence, but now
greatly impaired by sin, and become very imperfect and very
insufficie...
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But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
Ver. 2. _But his delight is in the law of the Lord_] _i.e._ In the
whole doctrine of the Holy Scriptures, t...
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_But his delight is in the law of the Lord_ In the study and practice
of it, as appears from the context. Having described the character of
the truly blessed man _negatively_, in the preceding verse,...
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNGODLY.
All men are sinners: all have sinned and come short of the glory of
God, Romans 3:23. No man is able to stand before God, by virtue of his
own rig...
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But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, in the meditation and study
of the Law, of the Word of Jehovah, he finds full inner satisfaction
and happiness; AND IN HIS LAW DOTH HE MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT...
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1-3 To meditate in God's word, is to discourse with ourselves
concerning the great things contained in it, with close application of
mind and fixedness of thought. We must have constant regard to the...
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IN THE LAW, i.e. in the study and practice of it, as appears from the
context. The _law_ of God may be here understood of the whole doctrine
delivered by God to the church, consisting of doctrines, pr...
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Psalms 1:2 delight H2656 law H8451 LORD H3068 law H8451 meditates
H1897 (H8799) day H3119 night H3915
But
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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...
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Psalms 1
Ver. 1. There are cases in which without a figure "ignorance is
bliss." Observe that all the characters mentioned here may have their
excellences and their attractions; for example, the ungo...
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Psalms 1:1
In the figure of ver. 3 there are revealed three aspects of godly
character.
I. Its variety. The comparison is with a fruit-tree, not of any
particular kind, but one of that large class o...
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Psalms 1:1
Psalms 150:6
I. We have here a twofold declaration of God's great purpose in all
His self-revelation, and especially in the Gospel of His Son. Our
first text may be translated as a joyful...
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CONTENTS: The two ways of man.
CHARACTERS: God, righteous man, ungodly man.
CONCLUSION: Blessed is the man whose footsteps are ordered by the Word
of God for he shall find both peace and prosperity....
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Psalms 1:1. _Man,_ אישׁ _Ish,_ a prince, a ruler, a patriarchal or
family man, a man of high degree, as in Psalms 62:9. This is a running
word in the psalms, while _Adam,_ the word of contrast with _I...
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_Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly._
THE 1ST PSALM, INTRODUCTORY
This Psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection because,
from its general character and s...
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_But his delight is in the law of the Lord._
THE LAW OF THE LORD
We should all like to be blessed, and here is the way--delight in the
law of the Lord.
I. What is this law? Not the Mosaic, not the c...
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INTRODUCTION
“This psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection,
because, from its general character and subject, it formed a suitable
introduction to the rest. It treats of the blessedness...
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EXPOSITION
IT is remarkable that neither the first nor the second psalm has any
title. Titles are so much the rule in the first and second books of
the Psalter, that, when they are absent, their absen...
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Shall we turn to the Psalms, beginning tonight with the first psalm.
The Psalms are actually divided into five books. It was really the
hymnbook for the nation of Israel. They were sung in their origi...
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1 John 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Timothy 4:15; 2 Timothy 1:3;...
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CHRIST VERSUS THE ANTICHRIST
Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Satan an adept at counterfeits. As we enter into our study in the
Psalms, we must first get the great message of the Psalms...
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THE PREFATORY PSALMS
Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you
wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...
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Day and night — Not seldom and slightly, but diligently, and
constantly....
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Should Christians meditate, or is this a Buddhist practice?
PROBLEM: David declared here that the righteous person “meditates
day and night.” However, meditation is associated with Eastern
religions,...