Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,who forsake your law. Psalm 119:53 ESV Indignation is anger that specifically arises over unfair treatment or, we might say, over inequality or injustice being committed. Given that justice and equality are chief topics at present, it should not surprise us also to find much indignation within public …
Create in me a clean heart, O God,and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 ESV Sin is the great downfall of mankind. From the moment of Adam’s first sin, we have been perpetually under the wicked influence of this monster. Since sin is truly treason against the Divine, we should have nothing more to expect from …
When I think of your rules from of old,I take comfort, O LORD. Psalm 119:52 ESV In general, our roots are shallow. How many know the names of their great-great-grandparents? How many walk about with a knowledge of family history and the weight of a family legacy? In the modern West, we tend to live …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPJ9S5ku_g&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=16 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,but the way of wicked will perish. Psalm 1:6 ESV After all has been said in the first five verses of Psalm 1, this sixth and final verse gives us the fitting concluding contrast between the blessed and the wicked. The blessed, here synonymously called the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM6S-4qIisY&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=13 nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Psalm 1:5 ESV In the first part of this verse, the psalmist made the declaration that the wicked will not stand in the judgment. Like chaff that the wind drives away, they will be driven away from the presence of the Holy One on the final …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RzNvburnp0&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=7 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment Psalm 1:5 ESV After giving a three-verse portrait of the blessed, the psalmist gave a terse contrasting image of the wicked. Unlike the blessed, they do not delight in and meditate upon God's Word; thus, they are not rooted in eternal truth like trees beside …
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=GN5J0EaEoLo&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=10 The wicked are not so, Psalm 1:4 ESV As we set our gaze upon verse 4, the psalmist presents us with the great contrast of this psalm. You see, for the first three verses, the focus has been upon the blessed man, the one who is favored by God. Verse 1 revealed the company …
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, …
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