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Verse Psalms 1:3. _LIKE A TREE PLANTED_] Not like one growing wild,
however strong or luxuriant it may appear; but one that has been
carefully _cultivated_; and for the proper growth of which all the...
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AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE - A description of the happiness or
prosperity of the man who thus avoids the way of sinners, and who
delights in the law of God, now follows. This is presented in the form...
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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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BE. become, or prove. Figure of speech _Simile._ App-6. Like. tree.
The first of two comparisons. See Psalms 1:4.
PLANTED: i.e. in. garden. Not. "tree of the field".
RIVERS. divisions irrigating. ga...
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The happiness of the righteous....
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LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER— It is observed by
Fleury, in his excellent dissertation concerning this and several
other psalms of the like kind, whose subjects are purely moral, that
the...
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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 DoesPsalms 1:2...
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_AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT
BRINGETH FORTH HIS FRUIT IN HIS SEASON; HIS LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT
WITHER; AND WHATSOEVER HE DOETH SHALL PROSPER._
Tree planted by ... w...
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1:3 [is] (b-3) Or 'will be.'...
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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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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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AND HE. — Better, _So is he._ For the image so forcible in an
Eastern clime, where vegetation depends on proximity to a stream,
comp. Psalms 52:8; Psalms 92:12; Isaiah 44:4; and its development in
Jer...
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וְֽ הָיָ֗ה כְּ עֵץ֮ שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל
־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר פִּרְיֹ֨ו ׀
יִתֵּ֬ן בְּ עִתֹּ֗ו וְ...
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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 elem...
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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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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and (c) whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
(c) God's children...
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Tree. Probably the palm-tree, the emblem of a long life, Job xxviii.
18. The tree of life is watered by the river of living waters,
proceeding from the throne of God, who is the source of all grace,
A...
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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Had we no other clue to...
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_THREE ASPECTS OF GODLY CHARACTER_
‘A tree planted by the waterside.’
Psalms 1:3 (Prayer Book Version)
I. ITS VARIETY.—The comparison is with a fruit tree, not of any
particular kind, but one of t...
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The Psalmist here illustrates, and, at the same time, confirms by a
metaphor the statement made in the preceding verse; for he shows in
what respect those who fear God are to be accounted happy, namel...
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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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AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER,.... Or,
"for then shall he be", c. as Alshech renders the words and the Hebrew
"vau" is often used for "then" q. As Psalms 1:1 describe the...
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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Ver. 3. _And he shall b...
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_And_, or _For, he shall be like a tree_, &c. This is the proof of
that blessedness of a good man which he had only asserted, Psalms 1:1.
He shall be fruitful and flourishing. By his meditations on th...
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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 ri...
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WITHER:
_ Heb._ fade...
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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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AND, or _for_, as this particle is oft used, as PSALMS 60:12 PSALMS
108:13 PROVERBS 4:17; this being the proof of that blessedness of a
good man, which he had only asserted, PSALMS 1:1. BY THE RIVERS,...
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Psalms 1:3 tree H6086 Planted H8362 (H8803) rivers H6388 water H4325
forth H5414 (H8799) fruit H6529 season H6256 leaf H5929 wither H5034
(H8799) does H6213 (H8799) prosper H6743 (H8686)
tree - Job 1...
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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 1:1
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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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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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 1:1. The first psalm serves as the
gateway into the entire book of Psalms 1:1. Those who would worship
God genuinely must embrace his Law (or Torah), his covenant
instructio...
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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 blessednes...
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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 abse...
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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 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 32:23; Ezekiel
17:8; Ezekiel 19:10; Ezekiel 47:12; Genesis 39:23; Genesis 39:3;
Isaiah 27:11;...
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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 k...
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Whither — His happiness is not short and transitory, but, like those
trees which are continually green and flourishing....