Read Psalm 1
Because the Psalm is short, try to read it over several times during the week. Maybe even in different translations.
1. The term “blessed” can be translated “oh so happy” or “living optimally, blissful, happy” or “oh the blessednesses! List 3 things the “blessed” or “happy” man does not do?
2. How would you explain or translate the 3 things listed above to life today? To your life? What should you not do?
3. Consider the verbs “walk,” “stand,” and “sit.” What is the difference? What is the psalmists point in using these three words in progression?
4. What do the following verses teach about those who walk in the way of wickedness or evil?
▸ Proverbs 1:15
▸ Proverbs 4:14
5. What do the following verses add about how the word will keep you from evil?
▸ Joshua 1:8
▸ Psalm 119:92, 97
6. We see in this Psalm that the Psalmist describes the blessed man like tree. What characteristics does he assign to this man?
7. What does Jeremiah 17:7-8 add to this picture?
8. What is chaff? Look it up if you are not familiar with it.
9. What do the following verses teach about God’s knowledge of the righteous man?
▸ Psalm 37:18
▸ Nahum 1:7
▸ John 10:14, 27
▸ 2 Timothy 2:19
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