Focused Passage

Psalms 1:4-6

The Two Ways: Rooted in the LORD or Ruined Apart from Him

Separation from wickedness -> delight in Torah -> rooted fruitfulness -> wicked instability -> final divine distinction

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

4 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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References and Original Words

Verse 4

Cross-references

Job 21:18 Classic cross-references Matthew 3:12 Classic cross-references Psalms 35:5 Classic cross-references Isaiah 17:13 Classic cross-references Hosea 13:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

Not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle so כֵ֥ן H3651 Adverb the wicked הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים H7563 Article | Adjective - masculine plural For כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction [they are] אִם־ H518 Conjunction like chaff כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ H4671 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative driven off תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ H5086 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular by the wind רֽוּחַ׃ H7307 Noun - common singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

Psalms 5:5 Classic cross-references Matthew 25:46 Classic cross-references Malachi 3:18 Classic cross-references Matthew 25:41 Classic cross-references Luke 21:36 Classic cross-references

Original words

Therefore עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . כֵּ֤ן׀ H3651 Adverb the wicked רְ֭שָׁעִים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural {will} not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle stand יָקֻ֣מוּ H6965 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural in the judgment בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט H4941 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular nor sinners וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים H2400 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural in the assembly בַּעֲדַ֥ת H5712 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of the righteous צַדִּיקִֽים׃ H6662 Adjective - masculine plural

Verse 6

Cross-references

Romans 8:29 Classic cross-references Psalms 1:1 Classic cross-references 2 Timothy 2:19 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 8:3 Classic cross-references John 10:14 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction the LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular guards יוֹדֵ֣עַ H3045 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the path דֶּ֣רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular construct of the righteous צַדִּיקִ֑ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural but the way וְדֶ֖רֶךְ H1870 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural will perish תֹּאבֵֽד׃ H6 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular

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