Psalms 1:5
Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
6For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5(5:6) The arrogant cannot stand up before thy eyes: thou hatest all workers of wickedness.
Psalms 9:16(9:17) The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, Selah.
Psalms 26:9Take not away with sinners my soul, nor with men of blood my life;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:5-6
Description and Doom of the Ungodly. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Here is, I. The description of the ungodly given, v. 4 . 1. In general, they are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition: They are not so. The LXX. emphatically repeats this: Not so the… Read the whole commentary →