New King James Version
Psalms 1:5
5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation 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.
- 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 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
3He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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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 boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 24:3Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?
- Luke 21:36Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
- Psalms 26:9Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
- Malachi 3:18Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
- Matthew 13:49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,
- Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his 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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