Salmos 1

Book One

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.

3 He is like *Jer. 17:8;Ezek. 19:10;[Num. 24:6;Job 29:19] a tree

planted by *Ps. 46:4streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its *Ezek. 47:12;[Isa. 34:4] leaf does not wither.

*Gen. 39:3,23;[Ps. 128:2;Isa. 3:10]In all that he does, he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so,

but are like *See Job 21:18chaff that the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked *Ps. 5:5;76:7;Nah. 1:6;Luke 21:36;Eph. 6:13will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in *[Ezek. 13:9]the congregation of the righteous;

6 for the Lord*Ps. 31:7;37:18;144:3;Nah. 1:7;[John 10:14;2 Tim. 2:19] knows *Ps. 37:5the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.