Psalm 1-6
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the [c]rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Context
- Why is ‘blessed’ the first word of this great book? (psalm 2:12, 32:1, Matthew 5:3-5, James 1:12)
Reflection
- How does one degenerate from walking… to standing… to sitting? (Proverbs 1:10-19, 2:12-16, Jeremiah 15:17, Romans 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 15:33, James 1:14-16)
- What does it mean to ‘delight in the law of the Lord’? (Proverbs 2:1-6, Psalm 37:4, 119:161, 162, Jeremiah 15:16, James 1:21 , 1 Peter 2:2, 3)
- How should we meditate on the word day and night? (Deuteronomy 7:6-9, Josh 1:8, Luke 4:4, Colossians 3:16)
- What happens to the one whose roots are planted by the rivers of water? (Jeremiah 17:8, Ez 19:10, Matthew 7:24, 25)
- What happens to the ungodly? (Proverbs 14:12, Romans 6:23, Matthew 7:26, 27)
Testimony Time
- How does this Psalm take us to Jesus? What do I meditate on? (Psalm 19:14, Philippians 4:8)
- What kind of fruit is God’s Word bearing in my life? (Romans 10:17, 1 Corinthians 4:19, 20, Galatians 5:22, 23, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17)