Psalms 1:1, The happiness of the godly; Psalms 1:4, The unhappiness of the ungodly.
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Psalms 1
Psalms 1 — Overview
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Psalms 1 — OverviewPsalms 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis is a psalm of instruction concerning good and evil, setting before
us life and death, the blessing and the curse, that we may take the
right way which leads to happiness and avoid that which will certainly…Psalms 1 — OverviewPsalms 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is called an "hymn", Mt 26:30; and the one hundred forty fifth Psalm is entitled hlht, "an Hymn of…Psalms 1:1-3Psalms 1:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe psalmist begins with the character and condition of a godly man,
that those may first take the comfort of that to whom it belongs. Here
is,
I. A description of the godly man's spirit and way, by which we are…Psalms 1:1Psalms 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryBlessed is the man; literally, blessings are to the man. But the Authorized Version exactly gives the sense (comp. Psalms 2:12). That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. The margin gives, "or wicked," and this is…Psalms 1:1-3Psalms 1:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryTrue blessedness.
"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," etc.
I. THE NATURE OF TRUE BLESSEDNESS.
1. Vigorous…Psalms 1:1-6Psalms 1:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
IT is remarkable that neither the first nor the second psalm has any title. Titles are so much the rule in the first and second books of the Psalter, that, when they are absent, their absence requires to be…
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