Psalm 1

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man*1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface

who *Prov. 4:14,15walks not in *Job 21:16the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in *Prov. 1:10the way of sinners,

nor *Ps. 26:4;Jer. 15:17sits in *[Ps. 107:32] the seat of *Prov. 1:22;3:34;19:29;21:24;29:8;[Isa. 28:14]scoffers;

2 but his *Ps. 112:1;119:35,47,92delight is in the law*1:2 Or instruction of the Lord,

and on his *Ps. 119:1,97;Josh. 1:8law he meditates day and night.