Psalm 1 - Happy is the man who walks not in

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Rather in the law of the LORD is his delight</div> <div> 5. and in His law he meditates day and night</div> <bR> <div> An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate. - Charles Stanley</div> <bR> <div> Then verse 3 begins with an "and" prefixed to the verb "become". This is called a vav-consecutive, and means that this action comes after the previous action. As a result of the 5 actions in vv1-2, we become like a tree planted by streams of water with 3 concurrent resulting actions:</div> <div> 1. He bears his fruit in its season</div> <div> 2. His leaf does not wilt.</div> <div> 3. All he does he brings to a successful conclusion.</div> <bR> <div> He is like a tree planted, not a wild tree. His life is ordered by God. - Grant Luton</div> <bR> <div> I like to recite Psalms at night upon my bed, especially if I can't sleep.</div> <bR> <div> See C<A HREF="https://www.christianity.com/bible/commentary.php?com=spur&b=19&c=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.christianity.com/bible/comme">. H. Spurgeon's excellent commentary on this psalm</A>.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Psalm 1</B></FONT><I>(tune: 8.6.8.6.D </I><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1097" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1097"><I>#1097 Psalm 8 O Lord, our Lord</I></A><I>)</I></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-643/e0522OLordOurLord.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> audio file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <bR> <div> 1<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1 Happy the man who walks not in </FONT></div> <div> the world's counsel of sin <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(1),</FONT> </div> <div> nor standeth in the sinners' way, </div> <div> nor with the scornful stays.</div> <div> 2  Rather delights he in the law</div> <div> of God, and <I>while in awe </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(4)</FONT></div> <div> meditates he <I>both </I>day and night.</div> <div> <I>His mind's being made right.</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(2)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> 2<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3  Therefore shall he be like a tree </FONT></div> <div> planted by water streams, </div> <div> that in his season bears his fruit, </div> <div> and his leaf does not wilt,</div> <div> and all he does, he shall complete.</div> <div> 4 Not so with the wicked, </div> <div> because they like the chaff <I>of sin</I> </div> <div> about are tossed by wind.</div> <bR> <div> 3<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5 Therefore the wicked will not stand</FONT></div> <div> in <I>God's </I>judgment <I>of man</I>, </div> <div> nor sinners in the assembly </div> <div> of <I>those living</I> righteously,</div> <div> 6 for the Lord is knowing the way</div> <div> of the righteous <I>every day</I>, </div> <div> but the way of <I>all</I> the rotten <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(3)</FONT></div> <div> shall go to destruction.</div> <bR> <div> 1. Lit. counsel of the wicked</div> <div> 2. Rom. 12:2</div> <div> 3. Lit. wicked</div> <div> 4. Lit. law of the Lord</div> <bR> <div> <B>To Post comment email me:</B></div> <div> <B>sm at voiceinwilderness.info</B></div> <bR> <div> 4/23/09 Steve Miller revised</div> <div> copyright voiceInWilderness.info</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>