Nor stands in the path of sinners: Sinners have a path where they stand, and the righteous man knows he does not belong on that path. God’s word is always the best counselor, and godly counselors will always bring the truth of God’s word to help someone who wants counseling.ĭ. The righteous man knows where to find completely godly counsel: Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors (Psalm 119:24). Our own conscience, our own mind, our own heart, can give us ungodly counsel. The righteous man is also discerning enough to know the counsel of the ungodly can come from one’s own self. They hear advice, or theories about their problems, and they find themselves agreeing or disagreeing without considering, “Is this godly or ungodly counsel?” They do not even consider if counsel is godly or ungodly.
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First, it means the righteous man knows how to discern the counsel of the ungodly. 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. Walks not in the counsel of the ungodly: The ungodly have counsel, and the righteous man will not walk in it. He who acts by bad counsel may soon do evil deeds and he who abandons himself to evil doings may end his life in total apostasy from God.” (Clarke)Ĭ. “The great lesson to be learned from the whole is, sin is progressive one evil propensity or act leads to another. Others have also seen in this a progression of sin. The righteous man and the ungodly man are different in how they think, how they behave, and to whom they belong. We can say these speak of thinking, behaving, and belonging. There is a way he will not walk, a path he will not stand in, and a seat he will not sit in. Walks not…nor stands…nor sits: The blessed man does not do certain things. “It is not ‘Blessed is the king, blessed is the scholar, blessed is the rich,’ but, ‘Blessed is the man.’ This blessedness is as attainable by the poor, the forgotten and the obscure, as by those whose names figure in history, and are trumpeted by fame.” (Spurgeon)ī. In fact, in Hebrew the word is actually a plural, which denotes either a multiplicity of blessings or an intensification of them.” (Boice) “ Blessed means supremely happy or fulfilled. The righteous man will be a blessed man, a happy man. 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. Blessed is the man: The Hebrew word esher is here translated blessed, which has the idea of happiness or contentment.
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,Ī. Verse six presents a key to understanding Psalm 1: “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” In this psalm, the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly are contrasted.
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