Psalms 1
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man ▼▼The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
who bwalks not in cthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in dthe way of sinners,
nor esits in fthe seat of gscoffers;
2but his hdelight is in the law ▼
▼Or instruction
of the Lord,and on his jlaw he meditates day and night.
3 He is like ka tree
planted by lstreams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its mleaf does not wither.
nIn all that he does, he prospers.
4The wicked are not so,
but are like ochaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked pwill not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in qthe congregation of the righteous;
6for the Lord rknows sthe way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 6
O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to tThe Sheminith. ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, vrebuke me not in your anger,nor wdiscipline me in your wrath.
2Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
xheal me, O Lord, yfor my bones are troubled.
3My zsoul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord— aahow long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5For in abdeath there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am acweary with my admoaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7My aeeye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 afDepart from me, all you agworkers of evil,
for the Lord ahhas heard the sound of my weeping.
9The Lord has heard my aiplea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall ajturn back and be put to shame in a moment.
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