Psalm 1 English Standard Version
Book One
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man[a]
who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;
2 but his (G)delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
and on his (H)law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like (I)a tree
planted by (J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its (K)leaf does not wither.
(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like (M)chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked (N)will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in (O)the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord (P)knows (Q)the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Footnotes
Cross references
- Psalm 1:1 : Prov. 4:14, 15
- Psalm 1:1 : Job 21:16
- Psalm 1:1 : Prov. 1:10
- Psalm 1:1 : Ps. 26:4; Jer. 15:17
- Psalm 1:1 : [Ps. 107:32]
- Psalm 1:1 : Prov. 1:22; 3:34; 19:29; 21:24; 29:8; [Isa. 28:14]
- Psalm 1:2 : Ps. 112:1; 119:35, 47, 92
- Psalm 1:2 : Ps. 119:1, 97; Josh. 1:8
- Psalm 1:3 : Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 19:10; [Num. 24:6; Job 29:19]
- Psalm 1:3 : Ps. 46:4
- Psalm 1:3 : Ezek. 47:12; [Isa. 34:4]
- Psalm 1:3 : Gen. 39:3, 23; [Ps. 128:2; Isa. 3:10]
- Psalm 1:4 : See Job 21:18
- Psalm 1:5 : Ps. 5:5; 76:7; Nah. 1:6; Luke 21:36; Eph. 6:13
- Psalm 1:5 : [Ezek. 13:9]
- Psalm 1:6 : Ps. 31:7; 37:18; 144:3; Nah. 1:7; [John 10:14; 2 Tim. 2:19]
- Psalm 1:6 : Ps. 37:5
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