Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed Is the Man

Psalm 1:1-2 (KJV) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

The psalmist presents it by the negative in a triac to delineate the blessed in what he does not do “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” Notice there is an increase of sense in successive phrases.

The first are ungodly, as to their mind, the second are sinners, who not only think, but carry out the workings of their evil mind. The third scorner glorying in their wickedness and scoffing at righteousness. The first continue in that mind of taking evil counsel, the second carry it out, as the principle of their walk and the third settle down in their evil, as on a seat.

Develop a thirst and thirst for God’s Word for it will guide and direct our footsteps in verse 2.

Here is put forward a real condition, if the condition is fulfilled, then the results will surely follow.

The literal translation from the Hebrew “For if in the law of the LORD is his delight or pleasure” then the result in verse 3 will come to pass, it a promise from God. Amen.