seekeroftruth
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Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
I finished Proverbs.... so now it's Psalms. Commentators must really love Psalms. I've been trying to get back to using Bible.org and I thought it might be good for this morning.... but that commentary was too long. So... this is from the most informative, while concise, commentary at Easy English.We do not know who wrote Psalm 1. It was probably a special start to the Book of Psalms. It tells us about two groups of people:
· verses 1 - 3: friends of God, he calls them righteous
· verses 4 - 6: enemies of God, we call them godless
In Psalm 1, life is like a way or a road. The man that walks on the way with God becomes happy. The end is heaven. The enemy of God walks on a different road. He will never be really happy. The end is not heaven, but a very bad place that we call hell.
Verse 1: This tells us how to become really happy. We will:
· not do what the godless say
· not go where sinners are
· not scorn what God teaches
Verse 2: This tells us more about the really happy man. The word "repeats" here means "talks to himself but not very loud". He remembers words from the Bible.
Verse 3: These are some of the words that he might say from the Bible, from the Books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Joshua. They tell us that he:
· drinks the water that God offers
· brings fruit to God
· is strong in times of trouble
· will do well in the eyes of God
Verse 4: The godless do not keep God's rules. They become bad people. God will blow them away like chaff one day.
Verse 5: The judgment is when God says who is righteous and who is not. "Not stand in the judgment" means "God will say that they are not righteous". After we die there will be a judgment for all of us.
Verse 6: "The LORD knows" means that God is always near to his people.
Over in the other Bible study [2 Chronicles 18]. Ahab, an evil king married to that wicked little Jezebel, tried to fake it and avoid God. A prophet, Machaiah, told Ahab that Ahab would die during a battle. Ahab figured that he could lock the prophet away [for being such a goody-two-shoes I guess] and dress like a commoner to "trick" God. It didn't work.... God just took a random arrow and sent it into the crevices of Ahab's hidden armor.Bad people say wonderful things.... it's not hard for a good person to get hung up in the wrong crowds. A puppy will wiggle right up to the dog catcher... right? In this Psalm.... the author tries to correct me so I know the difference between my master and the dog catcher.
Is it Heaven or the pound?
