1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Psalm 1 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalm titles are printed as the start of verse 1.
Cross references (6)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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)