Psalm 1

The righteous and the ungodly, like a tree and like chaff.

Text — King James Version (1611)

1:1Blessed 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.

1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

1:4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

1:5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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Works discussing this passage

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Augustine of Hippo — City of God curated
Clement of Alexandria — Stromata curated

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Eusebius of Caesarea — Ecclesiastical History (Church History) cited in text · 1 reference — His Review of the Canonical Scriptures. (cited as the first Psalm)
Tertullian — Adversus Marcionem cited in text · 1 reference — Against Marcion, Book IV (Tertullian) (cited as the first Psalm)

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