Psalms 1:1
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”
אֶשֶׁר
Blessed, happy, to be congratulated. Ashrei. The word that opens the entire Psalter. Not just happy in a fleeting sense — this is the deep settled blessedness of the person who walks with God. It is a declaration: this person is truly well off. This is the life God designed you for.
לוּץ
mockers
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לוּץ
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
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יָשַׁב
he sits
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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רָשָׁע
Wicked
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רָשָׁע
Wicked, ungodly. Rasha. One who is morally wrong and opposed to God. God's mercy is available to anyone who repents.
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עָמַד
he stands
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עָמַד
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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הָלַךְ
Walk
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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עֵצָה
Counsel
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עֵצָה
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
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חַטָּא
sinners
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חַטָּא
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
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