“ The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. ”
The ungodly are not so - literally, “Not thus the wicked.” For the word ungodly, see the notes at Psalms 1:1 . The statement that the “wicked are not so,” is a general statement applicable alike...
(d) The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (d) Though the wicked seem to prosper in this world, yet the Lord drives them down that they shall not rise nor st...
BOOK I. PSS. I- XLI. I. The Jewish Saint. This and Psalms 2 (see, however, on Psalms 33) are the only Pss. in Book I. which have no title or superscription. In Acts 13:33 , there is very ancient...
are not so, &c. . not so the ungodly. like the chaff. The other comparison. See Psalms 1:3 . Compare Psalms 35:5 . wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
The Psalmist might, with propriety, have compared the ungodly to a tree that speedily withers, as Jeremiah likens them to the heath which grows in the wilderness, ( Jeremiah 17:6 ) But not reck...
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. The ungodly are not so - The Vulgate and Septuagint, and the versions made from them, such as the Ethiopic and Arabic,...
Like the chaff— This comparison is frequently used by the Psalmist, and it receives great illustration and emphasis, when we consider that the people of Judea had their threshing-floors on an emine...
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. ( Job 21:18 ; Hosea 13:3 ; cf. Matthew 3:12 .) In the East threshing floors are placed on a height; the threshed g...
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances th...
The ungodly. — Better, Not so the ungodly. But are like. — They shall be winnowed out of the society of the true Israel by the fan of God’s judgment. The image is a striking one, although so f...
Psalms 1:1-6 THE Psalter may be regarded as the heart's echo to the speech of God, the manifold music of its windswept strings as God's breath sweeps across them. Law and Prophecy are the two main...
the Two Ways and the Two Ends Psalms 1:1-6 Like a signpost, this psalm points the road to blessedness. The opening word may be read, “Oh, the blessedness!” The psalm begins with the same messag...
The master thought of this psalm is the law of Jehovah. The obedient and disobedient are placed in sharp contrast. This contrast is vividly seen by bringing together the first and last words of the p...
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Here is a sad contrast! All that are not ingrafted in Jesus, the heavenly vine, their blossom shall go up as the dust, and...
The ungodly [are] not so ,.... They are not as the good man is; their manner and course of life are different; they walk in the counsel of ungodly men, like themselves, and take counsel against the...
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Ver. 4. The ungodly are not so ] Not like any such tree before described, but rather like the cypress tree, which, t...
The ungodly are not so Their condition is far different; but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away Withered and worthless, restless and unquiet, without form or stability, blown about by...
Description and Doom of the Ungodly. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away....
The ungodly are not so; their condition is far differing from the former. But are like the chaff; in regard either, 1. Of their sinful disposition. They are vain and frothy, unprofitable and hu...
The Destruction of the Unrighteous ( Psalms 1:4-5 ). ‘Not so the wicked! They are like the chaff which the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in t...
INTRODUCTION “This psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection, because, from its general character and subject, it formed a suitable introduction to the rest. It treats of the blessedne...
Psalms 1 Ver. 1. There are cases in which without a figure "ignorance is bliss." Observe that all the characters mentioned here may have their excellences and their attractions; for example, the u...
Psalms 1:1 . Man, אישׁ Ish, a prince, a ruler, a patriarchal or family man, a man of high degree, as in Psalms 62:9 . This is a running word in the psalms, while Adam, the word of contrast wi...
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. The 1st Psalm, introductory This Psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection because, from its general character a...
EXPOSITION 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, the...
The Difference Between the Righteous and the Ungodly. All men are sinners: all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 . No man is able to stand before God, by virtue of his o...
Hosea 13:3 ; Isaiah 17:13 ; Isaiah 29:5 ; Job 21:18 ; Matthew 3:12 ; Psalms 35:5
The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm....
Ungodly — Their condition is far different. Chaff — They are restless and unquiet: their seeming felicity, hath no firm foundation, but quickly vanishes and flees away as chaff before the wind.