Matt. c. Whose leaf also shall not wither: Brown, dead, withered leaves are signs of death and dryness. The Psalms have a wonderful capacity to capture the reality of our human experience. Of the wicked. Of is a genitive of source, i.e., counsel from those who are wicked, from those who want nothing to do with Gods way. They need to be preaching and teaching the Scripture. A. By the sound of the words, the Hebrew has a play on these words which drive this home. What did Paul tell his young coworker in the faith? The theme of "Psalm" reflects joy in time's passing, while "Auspex" shows gloomy acceptance of it. 5:22-23, 16); (b) the exercise of our spiritual gifts in Christian service (1 Pet. There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.. It celebrates individuality and the expression of emotion. 38 ). 3:5-6). Personal Integrity in Work (Psalm 1) Back to Table of Contents The two opening psalms establish themes that run through the entire Psalter. 1:21). King David is attributed with this powerful writing which contains the three pronouns . Passivity toward God and His Word leads to activity in sin and finally to overt activity against God. The conjunction but is a strengthened form in the Hebrew text and is somewhat emphatic. The main themes in 'A Psalm of Life' are living in the present and the meaning of life. h~ash a&sh#r. (2) Fruit: Violates the rights of others: oppressive, violent, greedy; unstable, without security, and facing sure judgment (Isa. These verses pose a warning to us. God gives him peace and rest because he can trust Him. A majority of the biblical psalms are devoted to expressing praise or thanksgiving to God. Copy. 6-19; 1 Thess. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. If it is an oak, it gives shade. (4) Judgment of living Gentiles (Mat. In the counsel. Counsel is the Hebrew [emailprotected]>h which means, purpose, plan, resolution of the will, or deliberation, viewpoint, way of thinking. It refers to a mental attitude, a state of mind, or viewpoint that determines the decisions that we make. It is often used in Scripture in a protective sense and refers to Gods providential care and love, which includes the eternal security of believers and His divine provision. Literally, we may translate, in all that he may do he continually or repeatedly prospers. Prospers is the Hebrew x`[emailprotected]~j, prosper, succeed, be profitable. The root means to accomplish satisfactorily what is intended.4 Real prosperity results from the work of God in the life of one who meditates on His Word. 5:1-11; 2 Thess. By streams of water continues to paint this picture for us. We can live in God's trust not only for a good night's sleep, but amidst the reality of death. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul, He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake. Yet, this is the one quality which is of single importance. Fruit also has a season. So how does the wicked forsake his wicked way? This psalm is packed with promises from God, and it is a beautiful declaration of His protection and care for His people. a. 2, Moody Press, Chicago, 1980, p. 766. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. The word delight was also used of that in which one takes delight as in ones business, pursuits, or affairs of life. The theme of Psalm 23 is that God always protects and provides. The man (or woman) of blessedness and spiritual stability is one whose life is built on and bathed in the Scripture. The research efforts of Gallup, Barna, and Hunter all indicate that evangelicals are, for the most part, as secular in their orientation as non-Christians. This judgment also comes at the end of the Tribulation and is carried out by Christ on earth. One of the reasons Scripture is a delight, like honey in the honey comb, is because it is truth. It was an archery term and meant to fall short, miss the mark. The mark is the will and plan of God as revealed in Scripture. Luke 1:71-73; Acts 3:25; Rom. How much fruit each tree yields depends on several factors: (1) The filling of the Holy Spirit or the abiding life (John 15:1-7; Gal. There is very significant application we need to note here: Before we were saved we were in Adam, dead in sin, but God in His grace has transplanted us into Jesus Christ. The point is, when you sit in someones seat, according to the idiom, you act like or become what they are. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. But in the life of the righteous man, God brings forth something good and wonderful out of everything. Just as one would read the love letters of his or her sweetheart, so are we to read and study Gods Word with the same delight. The law of God Requires obedience of the heart. With all the advice that comes to us, from so many different sources, the righteous man knows how to stay away from the counsel of the ungodly. By turning to God and His infinite Word (Isaiah 55:7-11). Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous: This is true in the future, because sinners will not share the same glorious future of the righteous. It follows the thousand-year reign of Christ and pertains only to unbelievers. 15, 33, 102, 103, 111, 113 . Later he wrote, preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with great patience and instruction, and then he quickly warned, For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths (2 Tim. As Jesus spoke of bearing fruit in John 15:5, as we abide in Him. 12:3f), including exhortation, giving, showing mercy, helping; and (c) witnessing and leading people to Christ (cf. However, the key subject is the centrality of Gods Word to the life and fruitfulness of the righteous who truly love His Word. Hence, in a paragraph, when the main idea is stated directly, it is expressed in what is called the topic sentence. It refers to one who is actively engaged in putting down the things of God and His Word. The righteous man finds his delightin the law of the LORD. Compare: Isaiah 53:10-11 (the good pleasure, i.e., the purpose, business, cause); Isaiah 58:13 (your own pleasure, i.e., business, affairs); and Proverbs 31:13 (and works at the business of her hands).3 The principle is that the study of Gods Word is to be one of the key purposes and affairs in our life in which we delight and to which we give careful attention. Outline of the Book of Psalms . 11:25-27; 3:21f; 4:1f). Past Gallup polls which compared the churched and unchurched showed there was basically no difference in the way they lived their lives. Because they do not have Christs righteousness, they are cast into the lake of fire. Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. The purpose of the Tribulation judgments is to purge out the rebels and bring Israel to the Messiah. As one who delights and meditates in the Word, Scripture is consulted and used as a guide for whatever he does (Prov. What gets you excited? 4:17f). Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. i. It means to stop, to be firm. From merely walking in their counsel, one becomes more confirmed in the way of the wicked, more involved and influenced. 12:33-34). While praise and prayer characterize the Psalms as a whole, they may be categorized as: Praise (33, 103, 139), Historical (68, 78, 105, 106), Relational (8, 16, 20, 23, 55), Imprecatory (35, 69, 109, 137), Penitential (6, 32, 51, 102, 130, 143), and Messianic (2, 8, 16, 22, 40, 45, 69, 72, 89, 102, 109-110). b. But it could also mean persecution as one takes a stand for righteousness or refuses to compromise or do the things employees are sometimes asked to do that go against the righteous principles of Scripture. Im afraid this is the state of the majorityeven of the majority of the church. SUMMARY OF PSALM 110. 1:3; Jer. 2:1b where it means, devise). Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. The psalmist (traditionally, King David) expresses the joy of being released from great suffering. That about covers it all! The word "searched" on this verse came from the Hebrew word, "chaqar," which means to examine intimately. Esher is a form of the Hebrew word ashar, which in its root means to be straight or to be right. Blessed is the man speaks of the happiness, the blessedness, the contentment in the life of the man or woman who is right or straight with God. Sin is the transgression of the Law. Streams is P#l#G from P*l^G and means to divide, split. The word was used of cutting a water channel for irrigation, or of the land divided by rivers, ravines, and streams. (3) Then there is the contrast between the results of the two ways of life; the godly are stable and fruitful, but the ungodly are unstable and face sure judgment. The way of the wicked perishes because it is left to itself. By-in-large, the wicked live primarily for this life. I will sing to Jehovah, for he has done me much good. It presents two ways of life: the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked. Compare Lot in Genesis 13:11. b. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. So Psalm 1 focuses on obedience no matter what is happening all around one (a wisdom approach to life), and Psalm 2 focuses on trusting God to fulfill his promises of justice on the earth some day by installing his king (a prophetic approach to life). b. The Psalter is fundamentally the hymnbook of God's people. The point is, our path or course is fully known by the Lord and He cares for us with Gods loving and providential care as a father his child and like the vinedresser cares for His vineyard (Ps. The one God, Maker and Ruler of all, will vindicate his goodness and justice in his own time. Since we are created in God's image . This can be done by carefully thinking about each word and phrase, applying it to ones self, and praying it back to the Lord. In every experience of our own, no matter how deep the pain or how great the frustration or how exhilarating the joy, we can find psalms which echo our inmost being, psalms which God uses to bring comfort or to confirm release.1. 4:10-11; Rom. 10:3-5; 119:53 with 54 and 119:155 with 165). It is whatever misses the will of God for man doctrinally or morally. Eph. Day and night is an idiom which means constantly, consistently, and regularly. This means the man of blessedness is occupied with Gods Word. Sometimes God has to engineer failure and pressures before He can bring about successHis kind of successin our lives. If a person delights in something, you dont have to beg him to do it or to like it. But, as the next part of the verse warns, if their way of life is one of carnality, it will be futile and will perish by the loss of rewards. Ultimately this means the lake of fire for the unbeliever. The church is not a social club, a welfare organization, a religious or a ritualistic institution. The basis for this judgment is the Lords knowledge. These words contrast two lifestyles: (a) The righteous cling to God, love His Word, and as a result are restrained, stable, upright, and just. Here we see patterns forming and becoming entrenched. August. Exhortations like these in the New Testament would be meaningless unless this were a real possibility. What is it, then, that the church needs? Meditation chews the cud, and gets the sweetness and nutritive virtue of the Word into the heart and life: this is the way the godly bring forth much fruit. (Ashwood, cited by Spurgeon), iii. This is the emphasis and declaration of David in Psalm 19:7-11. Of these, Psalm 110 is the climax. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. There are praise Psalms, lament Psalms, and enthronement Psalms and all contain wisdom, of course, but as an introduction and door to the rest of the Psalms, this Psalm declares in just a few words some of the most basic but profound truths and propositions of the Bible. (5) The conditions in which we labor, the preparedness of the soil (Mk. If being with your family or friends delights you, that can be better, but it still falls short. 1. 25:31-46). Here is a contrast between character and destiny. As it takes time to produce a huge sprawling oak, so it takes time to grow and mature in the Word. David was the perfect example of God's king. This is a good way to see what is important to you. The Psalms, like the other wisdom literature of the Old Testament (Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes), is Hebrew poetry. 14:10-11; 1 Cor. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water 1. 1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! c. At least four times in the Book of Acts, Christianity is called the Way. (3) Judgment of living Jews (Matt. The first part of the psalm David talks about God being his shepherd and he is the sheep. ii. 1:4-6). Like chaff, the wicked will be separated from the grain in judgment (vs. 5). In our passage it occurs four times (verses 1, 4, 5, and 6). Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . Fruit is a proof of the root, i.e., where one is dwelling (in truth or error) (cf. (Rev. 1 A Miktam of David. Our word P#l#G refers to canals or water courses provided for irrigation. (The word "law" is the Hebrew "Torah," which means "instruction" and was the . Or, as the Hebrew has it yet more fully, The Lord is knowing the way of the righteous. 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