Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 1:5
Not stand — Not endure the trial. Judgment — In the great and general judgment of the world.
Not stand — Not endure the trial. Judgment — In the great and general judgment of the world.
Verse Psalms 1:5. _THEREFORE THE UNGODLY SHALL NOT STAND_] This refers to the _winnowing_ mentioned in the preceding verse. Some of the versions have, _The ungodly shall not arise in the judgment _-...
THEREFORE - Because they are thus worthless. THE UNGODLY - See the notes at Psalms 1:1. The wicked in general; the wicked of any kind or degree. SHALL NOT STAND - Compare the notes at Psalms 1:1. The...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GENESIS SECTION: BOOK ONE:Psalm 1-41 Psalm 1-8 Psalms 1 The Godly and the Ungodly _ 1. The godly, his character and his fruit (Psalms 1:1)_ 2. The ungodly in com...
BOOK I. PSS. I- XLI. I. The Jewish Saint. This and Psalms 2 (see, however, on Psalms 33) are the only Pss. in Book I. which have no title or superscription. In Acts 13:33, there is very ancient autho...
STAND. rise. No part in first resurrection. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:6. Compare Psalms 49:14. CONGREGATION. assembly. RIGHTEOUS. justified....
The character and destiny of the wicked....
_Therefore_ The real character of the wicked will be manifested in the judgement. Since they are thus worthless and unstable, destitute of root and fruit, the wicked will not hold their ground in the...
SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT— That is, "They shall have nothing to allege in their defence, but shall be condemned without remission." The Syriac renders it, _They shall not be acquitted._ REFLECTI...
BOOK THE FIRST Psalms 1 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Righteous Man and the Lawless Contrasted. ANALYSIS The Righteous man DescribedPsalms 1:1-3: by what he Does NotPsalms 1:1; _by_ what he Does
_THEREFORE THE UNGODLY SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT, NOR SINNERS IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS._ Therefore - because they are unstable as "the chaff which the wind driveth away" (Psalms 1:4...
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THEREFORE. — Notice contrast with Psalms 1:1. Those who had deliberately chosen the assembly of the scornful will have no place in that of the good. SHALL NOT STAND. — Properly, _shall not rise._ Prob...
עַל ־כֵּ֤ן ׀ לֹא ־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּ †...
Psalms 1:1 THE Psalter may be regarded as the heart's echo to the speech of God, the manifold music of its windswept strings as God's breath sweeps across them. Law and Prophecy are the two main eleme...
THE TWO WAYS AND THE TWO ENDS Psalms 1:1 Like a signpost, this psalm points the road to blessedness. The opening word may be read, “Oh, the blessedness!” The psalm begins with the same message as th...
The master thought of this psalm is the law of Jehovah. The obedient and disobedient are placed in sharp contrast. This contrast is vividly seen by bringing together the first and last words of the ps...
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the (e) judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (e) But tremble when they see God's wrath....
Again. So as to gain their cause, (Amama) or to make opposition; as the Hebrew yakumu, "stand up," with defiance, intimates. (Haydock) --- They are already judged, (John iii. 18.) and can make no defe...
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. What an awful decision that day of judgment shall be when God shall winnow his floor, and while...
In the fifth verse, the prophet teaches that a happy life depends on a good conscience, and that, therefore, it is not wonderful, if the ungodly suddenly fall from the happiness of which they fancied...
BOOK 1 - PSALMS 1-41 The first book may be in general thus divided into distinct parts. The first eight psalms form a whole, an introductory whole to the entire collection of Psalms. This series may b...
THEREFORE THE UNGODLY SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT,.... Neither in temporal judgment, when God comes forth in a way of wrath and sore displeasure; for who can stand before him when he is angry? wha...
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. Ver. 5. _Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment_] _i.e._ _Causa cadent et damna...
_The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment_ Shall not endure the time of trial, which will assuredly come. It may be that God will arise, and judge, and punish them by temporal calamities, and that...
Therefore the ungodly, the wicked unbelievers, SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT, will not be acquitted before the tribunal of God, will not be able to stand up and hold their own in the last great inve...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNGODLY. All men are sinners: all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23. No man is able to stand before God, by virtue of his own rig...
4-6 The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition. The ungodly are not so, ver. 4; they are led by the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to the seat of the...
THEREFORE, to wit, because they are ungodly; or _because_, as this particle is sometimes used, as Genesis 38:26 Numbers 10:31, Numbers 14:43 P
Psalms 1:5 ungodly H7563 stand H6965 (H8799) judgment H4941 sinners H2400 congregation H5712 righteous H6662 shall -...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS (PSALMS 1:4). ‘Not so the wicked! They are like the chaff which the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the asse...
Psalms 1:4 "The ungodly are _not_so." That "not" contains the germs of all moral disaster. We have set forth under this figure three aspects of the ungodly character. I. Its instability. Take a life...
Psalms 1:4 I. Let us, first, find out who are the characters intended in our text. An ungodly man is simply a man who tries to get through the world without God. All he has to do to earn the title is...
Psalms 1 Ver. 1. There are cases in which without a figure "ignorance is bliss." Observe that all the characters mentioned here may have their excellences and their attractions; for example, the ungo...
CONTENTS: The two ways of man. CHARACTERS: God, righteous man, ungodly man. CONCLUSION: Blessed is the man whose footsteps are ordered by the Word of God for he shall find both peace and prosperity....
Psalms 1:1. _Man,_ אישׁ _Ish,_ a prince, a ruler, a patriarchal or family man, a man of high degree, as in Psalms 62:9. This is a running word in the psalms, while _Adam,_ the word of contrast with _I...
_Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly._ THE 1ST PSALM, INTRODUCTORY This Psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection because, from its general character and s...
_The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment._ THE DAY OF JUDGMENT 1. None will deny that the law of God, which is holy, just, and good, explicitly condemns the sinner, and consigns him to the secon...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 1:1. The first psalm serves as the gateway into the entire book of Psalms 1:1. Those who would worship God genuinely must embrace his Law (or Torah),
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 1:5 The JUDGMENT on THE WICKED is likely the final judgment, which allows some to enter the CONGREGATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS while excluding others ...
INTRODUCTION “This psalm seems to have been placed first in the collection, because, from its general character and subject, it formed a suitable introduction to the rest. It treats of the blessedness...
EXPOSITION IT is remarkable that neither the first nor the second psalm has any title. Titles are so much the rule in the first and second books of the Psalter, that, when they are absent, their absen...
Shall we turn to the Psalms, beginning tonight with the first psalm. The Psalms are actually divided into five books. It was really the hymnbook for the nation of Israel. They were sung in their origi...
Jude 1:15; Luke 21:36; Malachi 3:18; Matthew 13:49; Matthew 25:32;...
CHRIST VERSUS THE ANTICHRIST Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Satan an adept at counterfeits. As we enter into our study in the Psalms, we must first get the great message of the Psalms...
THE PREFATORY PSALMS Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...