_THE HAPPINESS OF THE GODLY; THE UNHAPPINESS OF THE UNGODLY. PSALMS 1:1. BLESSED IS THE MAN_— This Psalm is generally supposed to have been designed as a preface to the rest, and as a short luminary of the whole book. The subject of it is, the difference between pious and ungodly men, both in this l... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER— It is observed by Fleury, in his excellent dissertation concerning this and several other psalms of the like kind, whose subjects are purely moral, that the want of tender expressions and pathetic sentiments is sufficiently compensated by beautiful paintin... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE CHAFF— This comparison is frequently used by the Psalmist, and it receives great illustration and emphasis, when we consider that the people of Judea had their threshing-floors on an eminence; that the method of winnowing their corn was, by throwing it up against the wind with a shovel, and... [ Continue Reading ]
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._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, This Psalm opens with the description of the holy and truly happy man. _Blessed is the man... [ Continue Reading ]