Psalms 1:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

Psalms 1:1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,a nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.