| Outline | ||
| 1-3 | The Godly Way | |
| 4-6 | The Ungodly Way |
| 1:1. | Blessed is the man | |
| Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, | ||
| Nor stands in the path of sinners, | ||
| Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; |
There is a blessing to the godly. The word blessed remindes of the beatituteds of sermon on the mount given by the Lord Jeus at the beginning of his ministry. So is also the Psalm starts by the blessing of the godly who obeys the truth. The three terms walk, stand, and sits which increases the degree of lifestyle of a person leaving from the godly and moving to the ungodly. The related three terms consel, path, and seat relates respectivly to the belief, behaviour, and belonging of a person. The related three terms ungodly, sinners, and scornful show the increasing degree of wickedness.
| 1:2. | But his delight is in the law of the Lord, | |
| And in His law he meditates day and night. |
The above verse shows the negatives omitted by the godly, this verse shows the positives adopted by the godly. The the law of the Lord contrasts the consel of the wicked. What shapes the mind of a person determines the course of his life. The godly has delight in the divine truth for he knows it the mind of God and that gives him ultimate delight.
Prayer: Father, I admit that I don't oftendelight in your Word. Help me O my Lord to delight in your Word. Lord, trusting in you, I resolved not to derive pleasure from what the world is offering as entertainment or wisdom. Amen
| 1:3. | He shall be like a [tree] | |
| Planted by the rivers of water, | ||
| That brings forth its fruit in its season, | ||
| Whose leaf also shall not wither; | ||
| And whatever he does shall prosper. |
| 1:4. | The ungodly are not so, | |
| But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. |
| 1:5. | Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, | |
| Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. |
| 1:6. | For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, | |
| But the way of the ungodly shall perish. |