Passage Research
Psalm 1 — Sermon Preparation
A portrait of two paths: the blessed man who meditates on God's law day and night, and the wicked who are like chaff the wind drives away. Below is a research summary for Psalm 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 67 / 45
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 4 | wrong, bad |
| חַטָּא | chaṭṭâʼ | H2400 | 2 | criminal |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 3 | road, trodden |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 2 | just |
| תּוֹרָה | tôwrâh | H8451 | 2 | precept, statute |
| מֹץ | môts | H4671 | 1 | chaff, pressed |
| נָדַף | nâdaph | H5086 | 1 | shove, disperse |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“To meditate in God's word, is to discourse with ourselves concerning the great things contained in it, with close application of mind and fixedness of thought. We must have constant regard to the word of God, as the rule of our actions, and the spring of our comforts; and have it in our thoughts night and day. For this purpose no time is amiss.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 1:1–3 (Public Domain)
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