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Psalms 1:5
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.
Context of Psalms 1:5
3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. 4Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
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עַל־כֵּ֤ן׀ לֹא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 1:5
- Psalms 5:5The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong;
- Psalms 24:3Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
- Luke 21:36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Jude 1:15to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
- Psalms 26:9Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
- Malachi 3:18And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
- Matthew 13:49This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as 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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