The following expressions occur often in the Psalms:May mean Pause, Crescendo or Musical InterludePossibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmPossibly, Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement PsalmThe nether world
BOOK ONE
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.
1Blessed fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God is the man who does not awalk in the bcounsel of the wicked following their advice and example,Nor stand in the cpath of sinners,Nor dsit down to rest in the seat of 2scoffers .This has been called “The Preface Psalm” because in some respects it introduces the complete book of Psalms as a godly message. It opens with a benediction, “Blessed,” as does the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5:3).I.e. shallow thinkers who are quick to mock or disdain.Prov 4:14Ps 5:9, 10; 10:2-11; 36:1-4Ps 17:4; 119:104Ps 26:4, 5; Jer 15:172 But his adelight is bin the law of the LORD,And on His law His precepts and teachings he habitually meditates cday and dnight. Rom 13:8-10; Gal 3:1-29; 2+@Tim 3:16Ps 119:14, 16, 35Josh 1:8Ps 25:5Ps 63:5, 63 And he will be like aa tree firmly planted and fed by streams of water,Which yields its fruit in its season;Its leaf does not wither;And in whatever he does, he bprospers and comes to maturity. Jer 17:7, 8Ps 92:12-14; Jer 17:8; Ezek 19:10Gen 39:2, 3, 23; Ps 128:2
4 The wicked those who live in disobedience to God’s law are not so,But they are like the achaff worthless and without substance which the wind blows away.Job 21:18; Ps 35:5; Is 17:135 Therefore athe wicked will not stand unpunished in the bjudgment,Nor sinners in cthe assembly of the righteous.Ps 5:5Ps 9:7, 8, 16Ps 89:5, 76 For the LORD aknows and fully approves the way of the righteous,But the way of bthe wicked shall perish.Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19Ps 9:5, 6; 11:6