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Psalms 1 Summary

The Two Ways: Blessed is the One

The Psalter opens with a portrait of the blessed person: one who delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on it day and night. Such a person is like a tree planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in season. The wicked are like chaff blown away. The LORD watches over the way of the righteous.

Key themes

RighteousnessLawMeditationTwo Ways

Key verses

Psalms 1:1-2

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.

Psalms 1:3

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.

Psalms 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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