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Happy isאַשְׁרֵיthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרdoes notלֹאwalkהָלַךְin the counselבַּעֲצַתof the wicked,רְשָׁעִיםorוּ לֹאstandעָמָדin the wayבְדֶרֶךְof sinners,חַטָּאִיםorוּ לֹאsitיָשָׁבin the seatבְמוֹשַׁבof scoffers;לֵצִים
Psalms 1:1
Study it in the app“Happy is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers;”
Whoever delights in YHWH's instruction is like a tree by the waterThe Word of GodWhoever delights in God's instruction is like a tree by the waterFollowing JesusTwo ways: that of the righteous and that of the wickedObedienceBlessed is the one who does not sit in the seat of scoffersFriendshipHappy is the one who follows YHWH's instruction, not the counsel of the wickedGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 1:1, word by word
- Happy isאַשְׁרֵיashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- walkהָלַךְhalach
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halach” appears- in the counselעֲצַתatsat
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- standעָמָדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- of sinnersחַטָּאִיםchataim
sinner
Sinner: one who habitually fails God; also one counted guilty.
Where else “chataim” appears- sitיָשָׁבyashav
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashav” appears- in the seatמוֹשַׁבmoshav
seat
Where one sits, or those sitting.
Where else “moshav” appears- of scoffersלֵצִיםletsim
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “letsim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2but in the instruction of YHWH is his delight, and on his instruction he meditates by day and night.