1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord. 2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night. 3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings. 4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away. 5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright, 6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
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Cross references (6)
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- 1 Psalm 26:4–5; Proverbs 4:14–15; Proverbs 13:20; Psalm 119:1–2; Jeremiah 15:17
- 2 Joshua 1:8; Psalm 119:92; Psalm 119:11; Romans 7:22; Psalm 119:97–99
- 3 Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 47:12; Psalm 92:14; John 15:6; Ezekiel 19:10
- 4 Job 21:18; Matthew 3:12; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 17:13; Hosea 13:3
- 5 Psalm 5:5; Matthew 25:46; Malachi 3:18; Matthew 25:41; Luke 21:36
- 6 2 Timothy 2:19; John 10:14; Proverbs 15:9; Nahum 1:7; Psalm 37:18–24
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
(ver. 1). This is to be understood of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord Man. "Blessed is the man that hath not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly," as "the man of earth did," who consented to his wife deceived by the serpent, to the transgressing the commandment of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Those who make their way by faith steadily towards the Father and the Son; for this is denoted by the steadiness of those which divide the hoof; and they meditate day and night upon the words of God, that they may be adorned with good works: for this is the meaning of the ruminants.
Yea, I am one of those who entirely approve that Word which bids us meditate day and night, and tell at eventide and morning and noon day, and praise the Lord at every time; or, to use Moses' words, whether a man lie down, or rise up, or walk by the way, or whatever else he be doing --and by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For just as the tree planted by the channels of waters, so also the soul watered by the divine Scripture is enriched and gives fruit in its season, viz.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)