Psalms 1:2

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

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In The King James Version

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

In Context

1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

Job 23:12I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

Psalms 88:1The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite.

Psalms 112:1Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:2-4

Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament; nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it had been called the abstract, or summary, of both Testaments. The History of Israel, which we were long upon, let us to camps and council-boards, and there entertained and instructed us in the knowledge of God. The book of Job brought us into the schools, and treated us with profitable disputations concerning God and his… Read the whole commentary →

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