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Psalms 1:1 open_in_new
TITLE, Psalms. See App-63 and the Structures on pp. 720, 721. Compare Luke 20:42; Luke 24:44; Acts 1:20.
BLESSED. How Happy. The first Psalm begins thus and Psalm. ends thus. So does the last Psalm of Book I: Psalms 41:1; Psalms 41:13). Figure of speech Antiptosis (App-6). Compare Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:8. See App-63. for the Beatitudes in the Psalms.
man. Hebrew. ish. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all of both sexes.
walketh, &c: i.e. who never did walk... stand... sit. Figure of speech Anabasis, three triplets: walketh counsel ungodly. continue in. standeth way sinners. carry out. sitteth seat scornful. settle down.
ungodly. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
sinners. Hebrew. chata'.
scornful. scoffers. Hebrew. luz.
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Psalms 1:2 open_in_new
the law. instruction: i.e. the whole Pentateuch which contains it.
meditate: i.e. continually and habitually.
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Psalms 1:3 open_in_new
be. become, or prove. Figure of speech Simile. App-6. Like. tree. The first of two comparisons. See Psalms 1:4.
planted: i.e. in. garden. Not. "tree of the field".
rivers. divisions irrigating. garden. Hebrew. palgey-mayim. See note on Proverbs 21:1.
prosper. Compare Genesis 39:3; Genesis 39:23.
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Psalms 1:4 open_in_new
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.
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Psalms 1:5 open_in_new
stand. rise. No part in first resurrection. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:6. Compare Psalms 49:14.
congregation. assembly.
righteous. justified.
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Psalms 1:6 open_in_new
For. Effect latent in first clause: cause latent in second clause.
knoweth. approveth, or acknowledged. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). Compare Nahum 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:19.
perish. come to naught.