Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
4Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23But the Lord was with Joseph and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison:
Deuteronomy 28:8The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.
2 Kings 18:7Wherefore the Lord also was with him, and in all things, to which he went forth, he behaved himself wisely. And he rebelled against the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.
1 Chronicles 22:13For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if thou keep the commandments, and judgments, which the Lord commanded Moses to teach Israel: take courage and act manfully, fear not, nor be dismayed.
2 Chronicles 32:23Many also brought victims, and sacrifices to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezechias king of Juda: and he was magnified thenceforth in the sight of all nations.
Job 22:28Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.
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 →