Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.
4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23The superintendent of the prison looked not after the least that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him; and that which he did, the Lord made to prosper.
Deuteronomy 28:8The Lord will command upon thee the blessing in thy storehouse, and in all the acquisitions of thy hand; and he trill bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
2 Kings 18:7And the Lord was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
1 Chronicles 22:13Then wilt thou prosper, if thou observe to practise the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed.
2 Chronicles 32:23And many brought presents unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah the king of Judah: so that he was exalted before the eyes of all the nations after that time.
Job 22:28And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine.
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 →