https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3It2jZKg_I&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=9 but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm 1:4 ESV After three verses of describing the blessed man, verse 4 then presented us with this psalm’s great contrast by simply declaring, the wicked are not so. When reading each characteristic of the blessed man, we can simultaneously understand that the wicked are …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s63xxFpzrI&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=6 In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV After describing how the blessed man is like a tree, the psalmist concludes verse 3 with this simple declaration: In all that he does, he prospers. This can easily be read as a sort of summary statement of everything that has come before it. …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovkZsCDhI2Q&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=15 and its leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:3 ESV As we continue to meditate through Psalm 1, we reach the third and final metaphorical description of the blessed man’ tree-likeness: and its leaf does not wither. As we have seen, the comparison of God’s people to a tree is meant to convey steadfastness that, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzvUOvQXk4&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=8 that yields its fruit in its season Psalm 1:3 ESV The blessed man, the psalmist says, is like a tree. He is strong and enduring because he is planted beside streams of water that nourish his growth, which are the Scriptures in the life of the Christian. We now move on to the second …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH0lPyHQkGs&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=12 planted by streams of water Psalm 1:3 ESV Verse 3, as noted previously, is the psalmist’s continued description of the blessed man. Through the metaphorical imagery of a tree, he is able to give us vivid conception of the stable and steady growth of him in whom the LORD delights. This verse then builds …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-z8KgsaBds&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=14 He is like a tree… Psalm 1:3 ESV Moving into verse 3, the psalmist continues his description of the blessed man, the one who is favored by God, with this simple comparison: he is like a tree. While the psalm will elucidate further on this figure of speech, it is worth pausing here to …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHwDhWwdagw&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=11 and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:2 ESV We last observed that those who are blessed by God do not merely avoid the corrupting influence of the wicked; instead, they are enraptured by a delight in God's law, His holy Word. Their greatest joy is hearing the voice of the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0BbBGEJSY&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=4 but his delight is in the law of the LORD Psalm 1:2 ESV The first verse of Psalm 1 described to us what the blessed man, the one who dwells under the favor of God, is not. Particularly, the psalmist noted that he does not keep company with the wicked. Whether walking, standing, or …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FVhUNcCgKk&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=2 nor sits in the seat of scoffers Psalm 1:1 ESV The first verse of Psalm 1 concludes with a third description of the blessed man by way of negation. Those who walk in the favor of the LORD do not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor do they stand in the way …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhCrGm69v6Y&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=17 nor stands in the way of sinners Psalm 1:1 ESV As we have noted, this first verse of Psalm 1 gives us a picture of the blessed man by way of negation, stating what he is not like. It then began by saying that he does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, …
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