Psalms 1

Psalms 1:1

Blessed] This is the maine end man aimes at.

Walketh not] Some here observe a Climax, or treble Climax, gradation, or ascension, from the lesse and lower, to the greater and higher: And so there is indeed in the sins here mentioned: But not in the shunning and avoiding of sinne, as some conceive. For so the first degree here mentioned seemes to them to be the highest of the three, in that kind. And so the speech doth not ascend, but descend lower, in each degree. A true Climax is that Rom. VIII. 29, 30. And again, ver. 34. And Jer. XV. 5. The sense here agrees with Davids words, Psal. XXVI. 4, 5.

Psalms 1:3

He shall be like] Jer. XVII. 7, 8. Job VIII. 16, 17. Ezek. XIX. 10. and XXXI. 4. Psal. XCII. 12, 13, 14.

a tree] No minde or mention here of the Palme tree, or allusion to the tree of Life in Paradise.

Psalms 1:4

not so] Thus are these words used, Gen. XLVIII. 18. Exod. X. 11. Num. XII. 7. Deut. XVIII. 14. Prov. XV. 7. Esay XVI. 6. repeated Jer. XLVIII. 30. Ephes. IV. 20. And in Matth. XX. 26. where Christ forbids not the exercise of Superiority among Christians, or among Ministers of the Gospel, or requires parity of authority among them; but saith, that those things, though good and lawful in themselves, yet have no place in, nor relation to, his spiritual Kingdome, which is in the soul.

Psalms 1:5

not stand] As Num. XXX. 5, 12. Josh. II. 11. and VII. 12, 13.

Psalms 1:6

Knoweth] Acknowledge and own; approveth, regardeth, rewardeth. As Exod. III. 7. Deut. XXXIV. 10. Psal. XXXI. 8. and XXXVII. 18. and CXLII. 5. and CXLIV. 12. Prov. XII. 10. Hos. XIII. 5. Matth. VII. 23. Rom. VII. 15. John X. 14. Job XXIII. 10. Prov. II. 8.