THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalm 1:1-6

Psalm 1:1–6 NIV84

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

“This psalm may be regarded as The Preface Psalm, having in it a notification the the contents of the entire Book. It is the Psalmist’s desire to teach us the way to blessedness and to warn us of the sure destruction of sinners. This, then is the matter of the First Psalm, which may be looked upon, in some respects, as the text upon which the whole of the Psalms make up a divine sermon.” Charles H. Spurgeon

As we go through the study,

Let’s consider as time allows, 3 questions:

1) What does this passage say? (Observation)

2) What does it mean? (Interpretation)

3) How can I make it a par of my life? (Application)