New English Translation
Psalms 1:5
5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.
Psalms 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Context of Psalms 1:5
3He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts. 4Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff. For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. 6Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
Read all of Psalms 1Psalms 1:5 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֤ן׀ לֹא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 1:5
- Psalms 5:5Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.
- Psalms 24:3Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?
- Luke 21:36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
- Psalms 26:9Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,
- Malachi 3:18Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
- Matthew 13:49It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Commentaries on Psalms 1:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand - This refers to the winnowing mentioned in the preceding verse. Some of the versions have, The ungodly shall not arise in the judgment - they shall have no resurrection, except to shame and everlasting contempt. But probably the meaning is, When they come to be judged, they shall be condemned. They shall have nothing to plead in their behalf. That the impious were never to have any resurrection, but be annihilated…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Therefore - Because they are thus worthless. The ungodly - See the notes at Psalm 1:1. The wicked in general; the wicked of any kind or degree. Shall not stand - Compare the notes at Psalm 1:1. The idea is, that they will not be found among those who are acquitted by the Judge, and approved by him. The idea seems to be derived from the act of standing up to be tried, or to receive a sentence. In the judgment - The Aramaic Paraphrase renders this, “in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition. The ungodly are not so, ver. 4; they are led by the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to the seat of the scornful; they have no delight in the law of God; they bring forth no fruit but what is evil. The righteous are like useful, fruitful trees: the ungodly are like the chaff which the wind drives away: the dust which the owner of the floor desires to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The wicked cannot endure the Lord's judgment. They are already condemned (see Psalms 5:5; 7:6; 101:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. stand in the judgment--be acquitted. They shall be driven from among the good (Mt 25:45, 46).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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