1Bemaventurado o varão que não anda no conselho dos impios, nem está no caminho dos peccadores, nem se assenta no assento dos escarnecedores.
2Antes tem o seu prazer na lei do Senhor, e na sua lei medita de dia e de noite.
3Pois será como a arvore plantada junto a ribeiros de aguas, que dá o seu fructo no seu tempo; as suas folhas não cairão, e tudo quanto fizer prosperará.
4Não são assim os impios: mas são como a moinha que o vento espalha.
5Pelo que os impios não subsistirão no juizo, nem os peccadores na congregação dos justos.
6Porque o Senhor conhece o caminho dos justos; porém o caminho dos impios perecerá.
📖 Chapter study
Summary
The psalm opens the book by contrasting two paths: the way of the righteous, who meditates on the law of the LORD and flourishes like a tree planted by streams of water, and the way of the wicked, who is like chaff blown away by the wind and cannot stand in the judgment.
Explanation
Psalms was Israel's hymnbook and prayer book, used in temple worship for centuries. Psalm 1 functions as a gateway: it sets the standard that will guide the reading of all 149 psalms that follow — there is a path that leads to life and one that leads to ruin. The image of a tree planted by streams of water describes someone deeply rooted, who withstands life's droughts because he is continually nourished by the Word, unlike chaff, which has no root and no weight of its own. Today this invites the question: is my life rooted in something stable, or am I carried along by opinion and the wind of the moment?