Psalms 1

Psalms 1:1

BLessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the ungodly] Proverbs 4:14.

ungodly] Or, wicked.

the seat of the scornfull] When a man hath given once play to evill counsell, or to his own concupiscence, he beginneth to forget himself, and so falleth into contempt of God, which contempt is called The seat of scorners: or, he is an happy man that hath no kinde of commerce with wicked men in their evill courses, Psal. 26. 4, 5.

seat] Or, assembly, Psalms 107:32. Jeremiah 15:17.

Psalms 1:2

in the law of the Lord] In the holy scriptures.

and in his law doth he meditate day and night] Joshua 1:8. Psalms 119:1.

Psalms 1:3

And] Or, For.

planted by the rivers of water] Jeremiah 17:8.

wither] Heb. fade.

whatsoever he doth shall prosper] Gods blessing makes the actions of his children prosperous, Genesis 39:23.

Psalms 1:4

The ungodly are not so] Though the wicked seem to bear the swinge in this world, yet the LORD driveth them down, that they shall not rise, nor stand in the company of the righteous: or, their condition is nothing like the godlies, Jere. 17. 5, 6.

like the chaff which the winde driveth away] Psalms 35:5. Isaiah 17:13. Hosea 13:3.

Psalms 1:5

in the judgement] Shall not be able to look up, whensoever God comes to judgement, 1 Pet. 4. 17, 18.

Psalms 1:6

the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous] Doth approve and prosper: like as not to know, is to reprove and reject, Matthew 7:23.

the way of the ungodly shall perish] All their courses shall come to nought, Proverbs 11:7.