Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Blessed
The Lord blesses/favors/makes happy the righteous (Ps. 1.1, 5:12, 106:3, Prov. 8:32, Luke 11:28,
James 1:25, Rev. 1:3, 22:7 & 14, He also blesses their children, Prov. 20:7)
When the psalm says that the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, it literally says,
“the Lord knows the way of the righteous.” It is the Hebrew word that denotes knowing in the
sense of having a relationship. The same word is used when the Bible speaks of the way a
married couple know each other. (Ex. 33:17, Jer.24:7, Lev. 26:12)
By contrast, the ungodly man is like “chaff” (Ps. 1:4, 35:5, Job 21:18, Isa. 5:24, 17:13, 29:5,
41:15, Dan. 2:35, Hos. 13:3, Matt. 3:2, Luke 3:17 ), unanchored, unguided and unprotected
and therefore subject to being “blown away” by the “wind”, the invisible influences of this
world, i.e. Satan. (Ps. 82:5, John 8:34, 8:44, 12:35, Eph. 2:1-3)
There is a progression implied here. We walk/behave in a way that leads us to take a stand and
thereafter, perhaps as a consequence, to sit/abide in a particular place. (Zech. 3:7)
Way Heb.derek, "a path, a road, a manner of life or mode of action" (Vine)
We are not suppose to take a stand for/in the way of sinners (Ps. 1:1)
We are suppose to take a stand for/in God’s way (Jer. 6:16, Phil. 1:27, 4:1,
Acts 5:20, 1 Cor. 15:1, 16:13, Gal. 5:1, Eph. 6:13-14, Col. 4:12, 2 Thess. 2:15)
We are told not to sit/abide in the seat of mockers (Ps. 1:1, Jude 17-21, 1 Cor. 15:33)